<p>Is it too late now to write emails to professors to express my interest in working with them (what about for schools that had Jan 15 application deadlines)? And how effective are these emails in general?</p>
<p>I am gonna guess…i think it may be late, but why don’t you try. There is no harm in trying, and if you do so maybe you will be lucky. I applied to programs that are not going to decide until February and got in touch with professors back in October/November. I am not sure they will remember me, but I really hope so.<br>
Overall, I think it helps. It seems many of the accepted applicants are called by people they expressed interest to work with. I hope that helps…</p>
<p>For schools you didn’t apply to? or schools you did?</p>
<p>My daughter always was advised not to contact profs. She was told that they get an deluged by emails from international students and that you can be perceived as a pest. Your application should stand alone and can cite profs that you’d like to work with and that your app will then likely be forwarded to those profs.</p>
<p>BUT, she did decide to contact one prof for a specific reason, that led to a bit of correspondence and that was the school she chose.</p>
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<p>For schools that I already applied to.</p>
<p>I would only contact a professor if you had a compelling reason to. most of these profs will not be on the admission committee and most will only be interested in students after they enroll.</p>
<p>It probably would not hurt, but I did it and it really made no impact. You will generally get very few responses if you have yet to be selected for an interview because no one wants to waste time with someone who might not even be eligible to enter the school. I think after you have received an interview offer, it is definitely worth it to contact professors. I did that and met several of them during a luncheon held during our interview. It turned out one of them was looking for a student and my research interests matched the faculty member’s very closely.</p>