Getting UC professors to reply to PhD hopefuls

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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I am currently doing a Masters thesis at Connecticut school in marine ecology and I am looking at a few PhD programs for 2015. The schools I am most interested at UC Santa Cruz, San Diego and Santa Barbara and Northeastern. </p>

<p>I am well aware of the process of emailing professors and establishing some kind of communication before even applying. BUT what if they wont return my emails?!? Many people are telling me to just keep emailing them, because they are so busy. </p>

<p>Has anyone else had this problem? How did you get them to respond?! What professors are known for this!? ANY information would be helpful.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>What are you hoping to accomplish by emailing them? Professors get many of these mass emails every week, from high school students through graduate students…it is a waste of time for them to reply to all of them.
You may want to start with the professors in your current program, and ask them if there is anyone that they would recommend for you to talk to.</p>