#schloar

hello tumblr academics! hope you're doing well :)

i'll get straight into it, so i want to apply for a PhD but i honestly don't know how to go about it. the PhD positions opened in the universities i've looked at aren't something i want to spend years working on, i want to do it on something i'm really passionate about (or do you think that's a wrong approach?).

i do have a proposal in mind (i haven't written it down yet which i really need to but utjhhhfidjekkk), shall i identify profs in my preferred universities and send them the proposal and hope for a response or shall i introduce myself give, a short summary of the proposal and see if they're interested and then send them?

also i'm working full time and i've seen some PhD positions are paid for but I'm guessing if it's my own proposal then it won't be paid unless i get a scholarship?

anyways, these are some of questions if you can drop me a message or reply to this post about how you got into the your PhD life it would be super helpful.

thanks!