Agreed. As a minority from a very underprivileged background, cold emailing was one of the only ways I could reach academics. I really haven't appreciated how these students are being made fun of. Thank you to those professors who did respond and did not brush me off. twitter.com/vj_chidambaram…

Some of you might find this hard to comprehend, but if you're not privileged, it's hard to just pick up papers, read them, and give you an impressive analysis so you can consider me for a research path. I was busy working 3 jobs, and focusing on grades.