My potential supervisor is SO hot!!!

Gad

*heartily facepalm*

nucleargirl

I just realised that he has the same eyes and eyebrows as brad pitt... I never liked brad pitt! anyway... I'm so busy revising now I'm not thinking about him anymore. But one point is that he will be writing my references! so I would need to be on my top form.

chiro

So what kind of 'research' are you really doing.......

Deveno

presumably thermodynamics

MarcoD

More like interpersonal relationships.

Gad

Ooooooh

I like Serena

HOT interpersonal relationships then!

MarcoD

I want a copy of the credits in the thesis

nucleargirl

Been feeling so sick today: decided to start project next Thursday... not sure if have stomach bug or butterflies.

nucleargirl

um... the stomach-turning kind?

nucleargirl

and intriguing... he seems to like to reply in one or two word answers to my e-mails... not sure if really busy or can't be bothered... omg I really need to stop reading 9gag. started speaking in memes now. sound like fricking philosoraptor and fry mix.

Jolb

I once did a summer internship under two professors (both male) to do some research on graphene synthesis and characterization. The professors also had another student to work on the same project; she was a girl. (I'm a guy, btw.) It was immediately clear that she favored the younger professor, and she would always volunteer to do stuff for him even when it was totally not productive for the project.

Later on in the program, she'd talk with other girls in the lab about how "hot" the younger professor was. Clearly that was her motivation for liking him.

Now that just irritated me. I felt like her priority wasn't to do the research project, it was just to butter up to him. I couldn't help but doubt how serious she was about actually doing the project, and I thought it was annoying that she would get away with doing grunt work for the younger professor instead of actually doing the research project!

In all, my message is that you might annoy other students if they find out that you're more interested in the professor than in the project. Particularly, if you have partners, they would most likely figure that you're not actually motivated by intrest in the subject matter, like they are.

nucleargirl

Yeah... I'm not gonna tell anyone who might know him... which is kinda why I'm venting here...

CaptFirePanda

I wonder what the responses would be like if the genders were flipped (eg. male student professing his lust for a female professor). I'm assuming the conversation would focus a lot more on the negatives of superficial attraction, etc...

Anyway, that aside, I think it would put him in a very tough situation as it is generally frowned upon for a professor to have a relationship with a student and many post-secondary institutions are drafting policy along those lines. I would consider this when moving forward. It isn't always easy to resist one's feelings, but if you can save things until he is no longer your supervisor, that might make life easier for him and you.

Anyway good luck one way or another. Try not to read into things too much or you'll drive everyone nuts ;)

nucleargirl

:) can't wait to start on Thursday! wonder what it will be like?
anyway, I've finished exams! and did soooo badly... I know it. Gonna be back to retake next year I'm sure... Anyway, I went to Harrods today and they let me try on a Piaget cocktail ring!!! AND I bought shoes!!! :)))

Doby

Hahaha funny board :D

nucleargirl

I'm so scared... been having butterflies for like the past days! not fun! hope he doesn't hate me...