What to say in email to professor

[loffire]

On 9/3/2018 at 12:37 AM, higaisha said:

I got this too and it threw me off a bit, especially after sending such a detailed email. Chalked it up to their approach to dealing with prospective students, they didn't explicitly state their preference for how/if to be contacted but I'm guessing they're choosing to chat with applicants who get shortlisted. Some POIs don't like engaging in extensive chitchat because they're either very popular and don't have the time, want to keep things impartial until apps come in, or some other reason i've yet to hear ;).

>thinks of resending the email, expressing entirely different research interests from the POI, just to see if they'd send me the same response LOL

trololol! i got almost identical emails from a few professors even though i applied a year apart. went back to compare for kicks ????