When do you start to contact the teacher (you need to contact the teacher so early)
There is no standard answer to this question. Generally speaking, it is suggested that junior students can start preparing for the internship teacher in May-June next semester. You can do preliminary research, consult tutor information on university websites, consult your seniors and sisters, select some candidate teachers, and then start to get in touch in the summer vacation. Of course, some students didn't contact until the start of school in September, or even didn't contact, and finally successfully applied for graduate students. However, from my personal point of view, I still suggest that you can start early (summer vacation), after all, it is harmless.
What should the first email contact the teacher include (title? Do I need to attach my resume/report card? )
The first email need not be too detailed. The text briefly introduces your basic situation (school, department, grade, ranking). You can mention your own scientific research experience a little, and then express your interest in the research direction of teachers, and you are interested in developing in this direction. Ask the teacher for advice. After that, you can attach a resume at the back of the text, and attach a resume in PDF format. In addition, personally, when you contact a teacher for the first time, you can not explicitly ask to go to a teacher for postgraduate study, so as to avoid trouble when you want to change teachers (or contact others at the same time) in the future. I sent several emails to my teacher, feeling mature, and then expressed my willingness to go to graduate school. In addition, many netizens also asked how to write the email title. I think we can do it.
Write "Hello, Teacher XXX! I am interested in applying for the exam-free graduate students in XX school, and I hope to get your advice. Of course, you can be more concise than this and show your purpose.
4. What if the teacher doesn't reply to the email?
Generally speaking, teachers are very busy, and it is normal not to reply quickly after sending emails, especially Mr. Daniel. One of the teachers I contacted was the head of the department, and it took almost half a month to reply to emails (it is said that there are hundreds of emails in her mailbox every day). Therefore, please wait patiently after sending the email. If you haven't replied after four or five days, you can send another one for the teacher to reply (pay attention to the wording! ), you can also try to contact other teachers.