<p>i want to contact a couple of professors i am interested in studying with... but it seems like a bad time with the finals week for most schools as well as the holidays coming up... would it still be okay for me to email some teachers, asking if they will be available sometime soon?</p>
<p>Let's see... You have two options. </p>
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<li><p>Contacting them</p></li>
<li><p>Not contacting them</p></li>
</ol>
<p>If you choose the latter, unless they or you have amazing telepathic powers, they will never know you're interested so you'll never be able to meet with them.</p>
<p>I think you know the answer. Polite contact is always acceptable.</p>