tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006934.post115749228392120093..comments2023-07-13T07:44:27.573-07:00Comments on FemaleCSGradStudent: How to get a piece of me.FemaleCSGradStudenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081709607565950878noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006934.post-1158010173343451612006-09-11T14:29:00.000-07:002006-09-11T14:29:00.000-07:00I admire your ability to turn people away. I guess...I admire your ability to turn people away. I guess I don't get these requests often enough to mind, but I also tend to treat it as my personal responsibility to give career decision-makers the straight talk: yes, grad school sucks. But nobody will tell you that.Ms.PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11050354864577547294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006934.post-1157861135523798862006-09-09T21:05:00.000-07:002006-09-09T21:05:00.000-07:00I often get emails asking for my time and research...I often get emails asking for my time and research money, and typically don't respond to the generic ones, especially if they start with "Dear Sir". The CS department at my university admits a huge number of grad students without funding, and these students send out desperate form letter emails asking random professors in other departments for funding. I feel very sorry for these students, who must surely be in a stressful situation. However, even taking that into account and giving some slack to international students who are not aware that not every professor is a Sir, I write back to the "Dear Sir" emailers with the greeting "Dear Mrs. X". I never hear from them again.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006934.post-1157504232482467302006-09-05T17:57:00.000-07:002006-09-05T17:57:00.000-07:00Whenever I've gotten emails like that, I've made a...Whenever I've gotten emails like that, I've made a point of asking other people who seem like likely candidates to get the email as well. Always I've found that the same email was sent to other people and it pisses me off.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492892535445288619noreply@blogger.com