What will you do if you are in my shoes?
By songbaofang
@songbaofang (111)
China
October 22, 2009 6:20am CST
I am a graduate student and have been contacting foreign professors to seek the possiblity for me to study aborad after graduation since mid september. About three weeks ago got contacted with a professor and sent him my Curiculum Viate but since then I haven't recieved any reply although I sent several e-mails to ask him about the application. Because on the one hand I am a little impatient and on the other hand it is really very urgent because I have to get the offer before the end of this simester to be able to apply for the national scholoarship. So I turned to another professor and sent him my CV several days ago. He was so hospital and asked me for some further information. But today I recieved an e-mail from the former professor and he told me that it was because they were pretty busy in the first two weeks of the winter simester that he hadn't replyied to me for so long time. I really didn't pay much attention to their time. I think I am in a dilema now. What should I do? Shall I refuse one of them? I don't think it is reasonable to keep in touch with two professors at the same time because in the end I have to choose one, if I do so I will feel guilty. What will you do if you are in my shoes?
2 responses
@trilliansramblings (160)
• United States
22 Oct 09
You should make a choice pretty quickly between these two professors. They each probably have other people who want to study under them, and the one you are not going to work for needs to make an offer to someone else so they can fill that spot in a timely manner. Also, there might be someone else with the same time-constraints you have who needs the job, so they need to get that offer soon. Give it a week, maybe two, to think it over. Decide which one is better for you to work for. Then, accept his offer and tell the other one that you're sorry, but you've found another opportunity.
If it's any help, and if everything else is equal, I would go with the one who responded to you quickly. That makes it seem like they want you for the job more than the other guy does. There may be other things to consider that make the one who took a while to respond to you the better fit, though. That's just my opinion.
