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lakerdave

It's been an hour. He might've gone to a final or lunch.


Manquetu

Still, it’s not like I took 20 minutes to answer his question. I responded within 45 seconds. unless he completely looked away within that 45 seconds, there’s no way he didn’t see my follow up email.


Rsubs33

Could have had a meeting that he needed to go to. I don't work in academics, but I usually respond to emails in bursts. If I'm not doing anything and looking at my email I'll probably respond to you in minutes but if I'm in a meeting ik probably not responding for at least an hour or longer if I have back to back.


Manquetu

I just don’t feel confident. My bachelors is in psychology and the second I mentioned that he stopped responding.


justgottono

Also it's finals week


Manquetu

Still, it’s not like I took 20 minutes to answer his question. I responded within 45 seconds. unless he completely looked away within that 45 seconds, there’s no way he didn’t see my follow up email.


nittanyvalley

If your expectation is an email response in an hour, you need to recalibrate. This isn’t a call center. The people responding, especially professors, are not at their computers checking email 24/7, especially when it’s lunch time, finals week, and really nice outside. Give them a few days.


BigBlue615

Okay, maybe he did? Maybe someone came into his office and started talking to him. Maybe he had to shit and stepped away from his computer. Maybe he decided to go to lunch. Could literally be anything, not sure why you're jumping to the worst possible conclusion.


Manquetu

I mean, it is an engineering program and the last email I sent is me telling him my bachelors was in psychology. Pretty sure most people would think he’s ghosting after that.


Investigator_Boring

You’re being deeply weird about this.


midcenturymomo

Sounds like he had to go do something else for a minute. General rule is that people get 24-48 hours to respond before you suspect that they've forgotten about you.


Clish89

Sounds like he has a normal full time job where there are numerous different responsibilities. Answering emails is likely just one of those. There are 40 hours in a work week, so be patient and show the gentleman some grace as you wait for the response.


ckube1

The dEng program also requires a match to an advisor. It might help if you have an advisor and research topic in mind.


ME_prof

No need to psychoanalyze the DEng team here. Just be patient for a response. You can follow up in a couple days if you don't hear back.


EngineeringNo9824

What was your bachelors in?


Manquetu

Masters in Human Computer Interaction and Bachelors in Psychology


feuerwehrmann

HCI is just specialized psych, can't see why that would disqualify you


Manquetu

Well it must have because he hasn’t responded in 36 hours


MadProf11

i don't know if he ghosted you, but, look at IST or Communications. Your back ground would not let you do well in a D. Eng. or probably even Industrial engineering.


Manquetu

Well he didn’t respond and it’s been a solid 36 hours