Admission Factors

According to a survey universities consider the following factors for Graduate admission. The importance given to each of them is indicated in percentages.
58.3% Grades
10.1% Research
6.1% References
6.7% Test Scores
12.0% Job Experience
3.3% Essay
3.6% Extracurricular

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Why students do not get admission in Ranked Universities or win Scholarships?

Ignoring the information available in Admission Source and other such resources is one of the major reasons many talented students do not get admission to their dream universities and win scholarships. Here are more reasons:
a. Overconfidence
By far the number one reason, students are overconfident and not
realistic in assessing the correct level of competition for admission […]

Economics Concentrations -Rankings

The econphd.net rankings are among the most substantial in scope (covering 63 journals over roughly ten years, 1993-2003) and they are unique in detail (the only consistent rankings at the subdiscipline level). Detail is very important: I cannot think of anyone other than a dean or head of department who should really care about a […]

Admission Factors

According to a survey universities consider the following factors for Graduate admission. The importance given to each of them is indicated in percentages.
58.3% Grades
10.1% Research
6.1% References
6.7% Test Scores
12.0% Job Experience
3.3% Essay
3.6% Extracurricular

Sphere: Related Content

Why students do not get admission in ranked universities or win scholarships?

Ignoring the information available in Admission Source and other such resources is one of the major reasons many talented students do not get admission to their dream universities and win scholarships. Here are more reasons:
a. OverconfidenceBy far the number one reason, students are overconfident and notrealistic in assessing the correct level of competition for admission […]

Top 10% Institutions and Economists in United States, as of June 2006

Top 10% institutions in United StatesPlease note that rankings can depend on the number of registered authors in the respective institutions.
Rank Institution 1 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge 2 Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton 3 Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge 4 Department of Economics, New York University, New York City […]

Top 10% Institutions and Economists in US

Top 10% institutions in United States
Please note that rankings can depend on the number of registered authors in the respective institutions.
Rank Institution
1 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge
2 Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton
3 Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge
4 Department of Economics, New York University, New York City
5 Department of Economics, University of […]

Ratings of CS graduate programs

Date: 30 Sep 1994
The following is some different rankings of CS graduate program (in US).Hope it will help.
It is pretty well accepted these days that Gourmann’s reports arebased upon weak statistics. Even the schools that score high in theGourmann report do not quote from it for fear of referencingsomething that has no rigorous […]

Economics Concentrations -Rankings

The econphd.net rankings are among the most substantial in scope (covering 63 journals over roughly ten years, 1993-2003) and they are unique in detail (the only consistent rankings at the subdiscipline level). Detail is very important: I cannot think of anyone other than a dean or head of department who should really care about a […]

Top 10% Institutions and Economists in United States, as of June 2006

Top 10% institutions in United StatesPlease note that rankings can depend on the number of registered authors in the respective institutions.
Rank Institution 1 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge 2 Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton 3 Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge 4 Department of Economics, New York University, New York City […]