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Expectations ● What are admissions committees looking for? ● One thing only: Talented students that will be able to do research. ● In the end, nothing else (really) matters. ● It does not matter if you have a 4.0 GPA, 99 th percentile on all GREs, etc. ● GPA, GREs, etc. only used as indicators of potential – nothing more. © 2006 Matt Welsh – Harvard University 6
The Prof's Point of View ● Every member of the admissions committee is given a huge stack of folders to read. (Dozens to hundreds) ● Goal is to find the very few folders that stand out, and should be looked at more carefully. ● This number will be quite small ● These folders are then pushed to the next level ● Usually a committee meeting ● ALL folders must pass quality check in the final committee meeting. © 2006 Matt Welsh – Harvard University 7
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