I have been cold emailing a few research labs for the summer and got a response from one professor saying that he had a position open if I would be interested. I responded the next day saying I would be, but ever since then I’ve gotten nothing from him. It’s been a few weeks and I sent a follow up email a few days ago but still nothing. Am I being ghosted? I know professors are very busy and I’m probably the last thing on his mind right now, but is there anything else I can do to try to get a response or do I give up on this lab. I really like the research he’s doing so I would be sad to miss out on an opportunity to work with him.
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Honestly, you could try to reach out to a more senior student of the professor’s (if you could find a listing) and ask if they might check with the professor. It might be received as cheeky or as ambitious – kind of depends on the faculty.
That said, I was just in a thread with a putative professor complaining about a bad student and explaining that they were frustrated the student was the “only of 15” to be “so bad.” Phwoooo….
Sometimes near-unreachability just reflects prioritization of internal goals over external comms. Sometimes it reflects them having too much on their plate already.
Depending on what kind of lab, there is a lot of grants being canceled and there is a chance that opportunity doesn’t exist anymore.