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creepypasta13
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I got admitted to a Physics graduate program and just visited the school last week. My main research interest is computational astrophysics and I spoke to the only comp astro prof there. Ever since becoming the director of the supercomputer, I heard that he's not available to students nearly as much. However, he was a pretty nice guy. However, he's the only comp astro prof at the moment (but they will hire a new theoretical astro prof really soon). He will apply for grants for funding from NASA and NSF throughout the next 2 yrs. If he can't get funding that way, he still has the funding from being director of the campus supercomputer. He only currently has 1 grad student, and he plans to graduate in 2 yrs. He is getting funded by that supercomputer grant. If he hires me, and the prof can't get the NASA or NSF grant, then I can get funding from the supercomputer grant if that guy graduates. Does this professor sound reliable to work for? Or would it be a major gamble to go to that school?