Demystifying the American Graduate Admissions Process

Demystifying the American Graduate Admissions Process

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1、DemystifyingtheAmericanGraduateAdmissionsProcessKarthikRaghunathanGraduateClassof2010StanfordComputerSciencekr@cs.stanford.eduAbstractThispaperattemptstodiscussatlengththevariousfactors(alongwiththeirrespectiveweightage)thattheadmissionscommitteeatatopgraduateschoolintheUStakesintoaccountwhilerevi

2、ewingaMasterofScience(MS)application.DisclaimerThispaperisamixtureoffacts,inferencesandextrapolations,basedonmypersonalexperienceasanadmissionscommitteememberatStanford.AllviewsexpressedherearesolelymineanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoropinionsofStanfordUniversity.1.IntroductionInthispaper,Iout

3、linethevariousparametersinvolvedinthecomplexdecisionmakingprocessofaMastersadmissionscommitteeinatopgraduateschoolintheUS.Toclarifythisfurther,(i)ThisreportismainlytargetedatMSapplicants,butalotofitcanbeextendedtoPhDapplicationsaswell.Inmostcases,therequirementsforaPhDadmitwilljustbeastricterversi

4、onofthosementionedhere.(ii)IdonothaveaspecificlistofuniversitiesinmindwhenIsay"atopgraduateschool".Stanford,MIT,UCBerkeleyandCMUarecertainlyupthere,butIamnotparticularlyreferringtoanyspecificlistofgraduateschoolrankings.Inamoregeneralsense,Iamtalkingaboutschoolswherethedefaultattitudeoftheadmissio

5、nscommitteeis"rejected,unlessstronglyprovedotherwise"ratherthan"let'sgivehim/herthebenefitofthedoubt".Theseschoolstendtofollowariskminimizationpolicy,andifindoubt,theywouldrejectthecandidateratherthanriskdilutingthequalityoftheincomingbatch.(iii)ThecontenthereistargetedonlyattheapplicantstoUSunive

6、rsities.Thoughsomeofitmightbethesame,Ihavenopersonalexperienceregardingtheadmissioncriteriaofgraduateschoolselsewhere.Also,sinceIbelongtoacomputersciencebackgroundandhaveservedinthecomputerscienceadmissionscommittee,someofmyexamplescouldbecomputerscience(oringeneral,engineering)oriented,buttheysho

7、uldstillsufficetogetthemessageacrosstoawideraudience.AstrongdisclaimerthatIwouldliketomention,rightatthebeginningisthatthisentirecompilationisbasedonlyonmypersonalexperienceofbeingapartoftheMSadmissionscommitteea

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