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Thank you, guys! I will try not to be an annoying pest and write a good letter without including my avatar ;). One question though. What kind of things in the email make one look like a pest?

Thanks for your suggestions. I will then contact them soon. However, don't they receive multiple emails in a week from such applicants? Do you have to say something original related to their research in order to stand out from the crowd? Or just expressing interest is enough?

Do you mean potential supervisors? I heard some contradictory opinions about contacting potential supervisors in the US. Usually, people say that it's good to contact them, but after all the admission decision is made by the faculty and professors don't have that much influence. Or sometimes...

Thank you, Dr. Courtney. I asked them, and they said that I should go for it. I just wanted additional external feedback, as in general people here give decent advice.

Greetings, guys! I'm trying to decide which PhD school I should apply so that my chances of acceptance will be higher. I just received my PGRE score - 910 (85th percentile). However, since I'm an international applicant, I don't know if that is a good score or not. I have a Bachelor's degree in...