Timeline for Would it be possible to rank North American graduate schools from "most competitive" to "least competitive" (in terms of admission)? [closed]
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| Apr 28, 2021 at 17:39 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @cag51 I think the difference might be when someone is feeling like the answers bundle into "no" and "yes" arguments. "Why shouldn't I do X" is more of a solicitation of arguments, "Should I do X" asks for a yes/no opinion. I agree it's not an obvious distinction and that the decisions can be stochastic, I'm just trying to put some organization to the anecdotal evidence observed. | |
| Apr 28, 2021 at 17:31 | comment | added | cag51♦ | @Bryan - sure, but even with that interpretation, it's no more opinion-based than why is PhD GPA considered irrelevant, which was very well-received. But oh well, I will not pursue it, these things are a bit stochastic at the best of times. | |
| Apr 28, 2021 at 16:13 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @cag51 IMO, the original title on the question is most easily interpretable as asking whether a ranking based on these measures would be informative (rather than just "possible" as in "data for this variable exists"); your edit may still be interpreted that way. If OP wants to ask whether there is a database of GRE scores/GPA for students admitted to grad school, there is no reason to have "ranking" even enter the conversation, except perhaps as a footnote in motivation. | |
| Apr 28, 2021 at 15:55 | comment | added | cag51♦ | Not sure why this was closed. The question is not asking for a specific ranking, but only whether compiling such a ranking would theoretically be possible. | |
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| Apr 28, 2021 at 15:43 | history | edited | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2021 at 7:49 | comment | added | Academic | Oops, my bad. I did not understand that. I guess you could ask another question stating exactly this in short. "Is there a government databases that collect statistics about average GRE/GPA etc. of admitted students and so forth." | |
| Apr 28, 2021 at 3:06 | comment | added | John | @Aymuos I think I did not state the question in the best way if you think it is university-specific. I was wondering about the existence of (for example) government databases that collect statistics about such things, e.g. average GRE/GPA of admitted students and so forth. Do you think I should delete the question and try again? | |
| Apr 28, 2021 at 2:16 | answer | added | Alexander Woo | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 28, 2021 at 2:15 | comment | added | Academic | This question is actually university specific. Only general academia is dealt in this forum. Although on the broader scale it might not look so but the information highly depends on the university. | |
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| Apr 28, 2021 at 1:45 | comment | added | John | I believe that this is on topic and not previously asked/answered. I would like an explanation for the downvotes. How can I improve the question? | |
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| Apr 28, 2021 at 1:30 | history | asked | John | CC BY-SA 4.0 |