Admissions for 2011, Are they taking less students???

[csperson]

I am wondering about this for Computer Science PhD programs, but I would guess it applies to most other disciplines as well.

According to the number of "accepts" on the grad cafe result page, the number of "accepts" for many schools for fall 2011 is often only about 1/2 of the number of "accepts" for fall 2010. For some schools, the number of accepts is less than 1/3 of the number in 2010.

I am wondering why? It's the bad economy isn't it?

Or is it that less people are posting results on gradcafe now???

Edited April 4, 2011 by csperson

[frenzydude]

I totally agree. From my institute, last year people got great offers with fellowships at many places which encouraged me to app higher. However, this year, the situation has been much worse with lesser number of admits and even lesser funding.

[csperson]

I totally agree. From my institute, last year people got great offers with fellowships at many places which encouraged me to app higher. However, this year, the situation has been much worse with lesser number of admits and even lesser funding.

We are totally unlucky this year... This year seems to be the worst in history for CS PhD admissions. I heard that even last year, schools took significantly less students. But then this year it is much much worse than last.

Edited April 4, 2011 by csperson