Interview with one or two POI's??

Graduate School
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<p>So I've heard back from two schools. One rejection :( and one interview invite :) </p>

<p>My question is that for the school I have an interview at, I put down two POI's with slightly different research areas. I've only talked to the one POI who has invited me to the interview on the phone and has been talking to me via email to set everything up. I have not heard anything from the other POI. The confusing part is the POI I have heard from is in area contact for graduate studies in neuroscience at this school. So, I don't know if he is the only one contacting me because its his job or because he's my POI. </p>

<p>So, is it likely I will meet with both POI's? Is it possible that the other POI invited someone they liked more than me so right of the bat I'm only interviewing with one POI? </p>

<p>Thanks for any feedback on interviews and multiple POI's :)</p>

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<p>It could be either way. The best thing to do here is just ask Professor A (the one who contacted you) if you will ALSO be interviewing with Professor B. These people know the process, they know that you were interested in both, they will not take any offense. For that matter, they may also have you interviewing with several OTHER professors - at each of my visits I wound up meeting with at least a few professors that I had never mentioned.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply. I’d just like to know ahead of time so I could prepare for each professor. In my personal statement, I realized that it sounded like I preferred working with the professor who didn’t contact me a lot more than the one who did. I don’t want the professor I talked with to think I’m not interested in his work much because I am!!</p>