#she said the department doesn't encourage individual supervising

[muslimah-in-academia]

How do you know if a professor is interested in potentially being your supervisor if the department doesn't encourage you to mail them and their response was super neutral (because you mailed them anyway)?

#she said the department doesn't encourage individual supervising #and that her students have a broad range of interests #and that it's a highly competitive process #which duh #but she did too good a job of being neutral #and now i can't figure out if it's encouragement #or a polite f u #gradblogging #grad life #gradspo #grad student #gradblr #dark academia #muslim academia #light academia #academia #literature #poc #poc academia #woc