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Email to a Professor About Research Opportunities

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The prompt

Help me write an email to a professor asking about research, internship or PhD opportunities in their lab. Professor: [name, university, research area] Their work I've actually read: [paper titles or projects, with one thing I found interesting] Me: [degree, year, university, relevant skills, projects, grades if strong] What I'm asking for: [summer internship / research assistant role / PhD supervision / a short call] Attachments: [CV, transcript] Write: 1. A subject line that's specific. 2. An email under 200 words: who I am in one line, a genuine reason for writing to them (based on their work I listed), what I can contribute, the specific ask, and thanks. 3. A polite follow-up email for 10-14 days later. Use only what I tell you. Don't invent papers or flatter vaguely.

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