Hi,

I was wondering if your contacting the professor u are interested in for the first time...is it ok to just send an email saying you have viewed their work and are interested in it and request for a meeting or appointment to talk to them personally about it? Then attach your resume and transcript to the email? or is it necessary to read their papers and mention some of them when emailing because you really don't know if they are even taking on students for the upcoming year so I'm not sure how productive that is.

And if anyone could give pointers on what to take to the interview and what sort of questions they ask, it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks =)