Hi /sci, I have a serious question and could use some help.

So a friend and myself started a company where we were making deep-sea robots, but we lost funding and the company looks like it's going to go under.

Knowing this possibility, I applied to a grad program from my alma mater but it wasn't really a great program or one I'm particularly interested in doing. I'm applying to jobs now, but I really want to keep working on sea robotics.

I found a different lab at another university which really interests me, and I want to go to it, but I didn't apply to the school. Can I just email people in the lab and try to get a job? Can they help me get late admission into the school? What are my options if I wanted to pursue this?

Thanks /sci

> I should also note I went to a top public school and graduated with two degrees, one in CS and EE, which I did in 3.5 years, though my gpa is terrible (2.94), mostly because I always took a full course load and the hardest classes I could (I liked the stress). So I'm an interesting student but not necessarily a top student.

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