How Do You Break The News To Your Other Rotations That You've Chosen Another Lab?

[Cking86]

     Those who have declared their thesis research labs. How did you break the news? Slipped a note in their mailbox, face-to-face conversation, email, greeting card?

Edited May 14, 2015 by Cking86

[ss2player]

Do you really need to tell them at all? Unless you want to work with them in the future, I don't think it's necessary. 

*Footnote: I go to a school with >500 faculty, so if your department is small, I can see this may be different. Thank you email?

[St Andrews Lynx]

If you see the faculty in person on a very regular basis (e.g. you TA for them, you are in their seminar class) then I would tell them in person. If you can go weeks without bumping into them, I would write them an email. 

 

Be polite and concise. Thank them for allowing you to rotate in their lab, tell them that you enjoyed the experience. All you need to say is that you decided to join the lab of Professor X. You don't need to give reasons or make excuses.