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1、DemystifyingtheAmericanGraduateAdmissionsProcessKarthikRaghunathanGraduateClassof2010StanfordComputerSciencekr@cs.stanford.eduAbstractThispaperattemptstodiscussatlengththevariousfactors(alongwiththeirrespectiveweightage)thattheadmissionscommitteeatatopgraduateschoolintheUStakes
2、intoaccountwhilereviewingaMasterofScience(MS)application.DisclaimerThispaperisamixtureoffacts,inferencesandextrapolations,basedonmypersonalexperienceasanadmissionscommitteememberatStanford.AllviewsexpressedherearesolelymineanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoropinionsofStanfordU
3、niversity.1.IntroductionInthispaper,IoutlinethevariousparametersinvolvedinthecomplexdecisionmakingprocessofaMastersadmissionscommitteeinatopgraduateschoolintheUS.Toclarifythisfurther,(i)ThisreportismainlytargetedatMSapplicants,butalotofitcanbeextendedtoPhDapplicationsaswell.Inm
4、ostcases,therequirementsforaPhDadmitwilljustbeastricterversionofthosementionedhere.(ii)IdonothaveaspecificlistofuniversitiesinmindwhenIsay"atopgraduateschool".Stanford,MIT,UCBerkeleyandCMUarecertainlyupthere,butIamnotparticularlyreferringtoanyspecificlistofgraduateschoolranking
5、s.Inamoregeneralsense,Iamtalkingaboutschoolswherethedefaultattitudeoftheadmissionscommitteeis"rejected,unlessstronglyprovedotherwise"ratherthan"let'sgivehim/herthebenefitofthedoubt".Theseschoolstendtofollowariskminimizationpolicy,andifindoubt,theywouldrejectthecandidateratherth
6、anriskdilutingthequalityoftheincomingbatch.(iii)ThecontenthereistargetedonlyattheapplicantstoUSuniversities.Thoughsomeofitmightbethesame,Ihavenopersonalexperienceregardingtheadmissioncriteriaofgraduateschoolselsewhere.Also,sinceIbelongtoacomputersciencebackgroundandhaveservedin
7、thecomputerscienceadmissionscommittee,someofmyexamplescouldbecomputerscience(oringeneral,engineering)oriented,buttheyshouldstillsufficetogetthemessageacrosstoawideraudience.AstrongdisclaimerthatIwouldliketomention,rightatthebeginningisthatthisentirecompilationisbasedonlyonmyper
8、sonalexperienceofbeingapartoftheMSadmissionscommitteea
