Charlie2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 This is all pretty funny. I'm a faculty member who served on an admissions committee this year. This guy does exist, is easily identifiable (as are several of you) if one has to look at the 50 or so files that are of a similar caliber (across all subfields) and thereby know their scores, essays, etc. I admit I have better things to do with my time but the alternative leisure activity is watching sitcoms and watching your board is an easy thing to jump to when I'm stuck on a research question and want a break. (You can now debate whether I'm for real. Believe what you want.) WorldMan, Concentration, transcendentalist and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transcendentalist Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 > I was once told that the top universities actually communicate to each other which applicants they accept This is true though the contacts are not formalized and are idiosyncratic. It's more about finding someone you know on their admissions committee. > in order to avoid sending admissions to the same top candidates This is false. Top departments compete with each other on everything, and there is no good mechanism to enforce this purported commitment. The SP affair gives me new respect for Christians. It is an unlikely story superficially if you don't know the process, but I have seen the person for myself and know of several people at admitting departments that have made a decision. But to the agnostic, the threatened, or the outright afraid, this might as well just be ranting about a bearded mystic I saw at a seafood shack. transcendentalist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qazwerty Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 This is all pretty funny. I'm a faculty member who served on an admissions committee this year. This guy does exist, is easily identifiable (as are several of you) if one has to look at the 50 or so files that are of a similar caliber (across all subfields) and thereby know their scores, essays, etc. I admit I have better things to do with my time but the alternative leisure activity is watching sitcoms and watching your board is an easy thing to jump to when I'm stuck on a research question and want a break. (You can now debate whether I'm for real. Believe what you want.) I know Charlie2010 and I can confirm that he is real! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shere Khan Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 The SP affair gives me new respect for Christians. It is an unlikely story superficially if you don't know the process, but I have seen the person for myself and know of several people at admitting departments that have made a decision. But to the agnostic, the threatened, or the outright afraid, this might as well just be ranting about a bearded mystic I saw at a seafood shack. Congratulations, SuddenlyParanoid. You are the proof that God exists ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curufinwe Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Did he post his stats on here? so that it'll be possible to decide what are the upper limits of certain factors that separate him from us and we can try to better ourselves with respect to those criteria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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