Questions to Ask for Potential Mentors

[Izzie2104]

Greetings everyone. 

Quick question: What questions should I be asking professors from departments I am interested in applying for in the future? I am kind of nervous to ask questions on graduate studies in the professor's respective department. 

 

[havemybloodchild]

I didn’t contact any POI before applying, but if I had I would have sent an email very briefly introducing myself and then drawing some parallels between their work and my own/my interest is pursuing graduate school at their institution. If you get encouraging or interested replies, I’d send a couple questions there, specifically if they are going to have interest/room to mentor a student in the upcoming year.