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A PhD program I have applied to to uses a selection process involving committee rankings and matchmaking. Some parts of how the final allocation works are still a bit unclear from the materials.

Would it be considered appropriate to email the program coordinator asking for clarification on how the ranking/preferences are interpreted during matchmaking, or could that come across negatively? I am thinking that it might ome across as negative because these are their internal workings

A PhD program I’m applying to uses a selection process involving committee rankings and matchmaking. Some parts of how the final allocation works are still a bit unclear from the materials.

Would it be considered appropriate to email the program coordinator asking for clarification on how the ranking/preferences are interpreted during matchmaking, or could that come across negatively?