<p>I was wondering if it is a good idea to contact a professor in the area of study you plan to go into; from the colleges you are applying to just to let them know that you are applying to the school and plan to study the area they teach? I have heard that if a professor takes an interest in you they may push for you to be admitted, is this true? Thanks!</p>
<p>I think it would be useful to ask a question or two that isn’t answered on the school’s website, perhaps of the department head. Make it a real conversation and give that person a reason to push for you (seems a long shot, but who knows?).</p>
<p>Unless it’s a small school like Olin, most the time the professors aren’t going to have much to do with the admissions process. So, while it may be a good idea to contact them, to try and figure out what you like/don’t like about the college, chances that it will actually help your admissions are pretty much nill.</p>
<p>If you do, try not to send them too many emails or come off as annoying, because professors can also push for you to be rejected.</p>
<p>So true, so ask meaningful questions and do not hope too much for a push during admissions.</p>
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This.</p>
<p>Professors have to juggle classes, research, meetings, their graduate students, and their own personal lives. They’re too busy to care about the admissions woes of potential students.</p>