Cold emailing profs about PhD positions? Read this [D]

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This is the time of year when the number of cold emails I receive about PhD positions tends to ramp up quite a bit. In many countries, this cold emailing is essentially part of the normal recruitment process, so there is nothing inherently wrong with doing this. However, there are a few things you definitely shouldn't be doing: Massive emails. The probability of me reading your email is inversely proportional to its length. Emailing everyone. Find supervisors that work in areas you are actually