This approach will turn up the best opportunities, and the closest matches between your interests and those of your potential graduate advisors. (nextscientist.com)
But then she had some bad experiences with graduate advisors and became disillusioned with pure science. (sciencemag.org)
This method can work sometimes, but it tends to be rather capricious, and most students end up «settling» on a prospective graduate advisor, when there may be even better matches out there. (nextscientist.com)