contact+with+inappropriate+persons

Type in the content of your page here.When doing a search on one of the grad school programs I'm interested in attending, I stumbled on an old article in my university's paper that profiled a woman from my current undergrad program who stated that she was considering entering the very same grad program I'm currently looking at. So, being curious, I googled her fairly unique name and sure enough, she attended the program and graduated from it in 2007 or so. So, is it weird/strange/inappropriate to email this person?

Now, it's hard to find much anecdotal information on this program on the various forums dedicated to the profession, although what little their is seems to be positive. However, I'd like a bit more information. From the article I know she was deciding between it and another program in the same area that I'm also interested in. The other program has a much higher profile, is at a semi-prestigious (at least expensive) university and is much more discussed with what seems to be a consensus that it's good, but perhaps not worth the exorbitant tuition.

So, is it weird/strange/inappropriate to email this person - not found in any sort of alumni directory - out of nowhere? Actually, it wouldn't even be email as I really only have her Facebook profile so it would be a message through that. It took me multiple steps to find this person so it feels kind of stalkerish (especially since I'm male, though gay), but I'm genuinely interested in her thoughts on the program. What says the hive mind?