Timeline for How common is it for grad school admissions to use a whitelist of undergrad institutions?
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| Feb 22, 2018 at 5:55 | comment | added | nengel | Multiple usages of the word "whitelist" exist in different contexts, but in this case I think it was fairly obvious the "deny if not on list" definition is meant, not the "automatically accept anyone from these institutions, even if their application is in crayola on a soiled napkin" definition. (That would be an interesting practice indeed!) | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 4:17 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | I do think the OPs use of "whitelist" is reasonable. As a security concept, it usually means the negation of a blacklist (that is, for blacklist B, deny x if x ∈ B; for whitelist W, deny x if x ∉ W; possibly confused in usage of email programs under exclusive/non-exclusive criteria to override a pre-existing blacklist action). That does sound like an accurate description of the situation. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 1:36 | comment | added | user87930 | The way he described it sounded very strict. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 0:31 | history | answered | paul garrett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |