در ادامه و بعد از چهار هفته به استاد ایمیل زدم و گفتم:

Dear Prof. ...,


I hereby wish to tell you that I am so willing to know your final decision about the post-doctoral position for which I have applied, however I understand you might need more time to make your final decision (!). It has been almost four weeks since our Skype conversation.


I would be very grateful if you could let me know the current status of the position. Thank you very much for your consideration.

و اون جواب داد:

Hi ,



I’m sorry that I haven’t had much information to share with you lately on this, but since you asked: I have offered the position to another candidate, and I’m waiting for his decision. This could take a bit of time, since he just interviewed for a faculty position at another university. If he turns down the position, I’ll have to reassess, and so I hope you understand why I haven’t been able to give you a final answer yet. But I do apologize for the uncertainty.

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