Theorist Adcom

[Jonhecht89]

I was wondering if theorists on the adcom look at theory applicants, or is it just random?

[Penelope Higgins]

This varies wildly from school to school. Most places have representatives from each subfield on the committee, but the degree to which other members defer to the representative from each subfield varies. Some places have a separate admissions process for each subfield, with the spots allocated to each at the department level. At other places, there may be no members from a particular subfield on the committee at all in a given year.