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Who says it isn't? Being in a silly club hasn't worked as well as people think it does for quite a while now. Admissions see tons of this bullshit and I bet the

• lumost 5y ago
  I recently went through grad school applications and waded through dozens of sample essays and tips for writing a great “statement of purpose essay”. Based on the admissions decisions the school made (as reported by Reddit) and the changes to content length made over the years, I suspect the school cares about precisely four things. - Can your write a coherent essay? - Can you clearly state what your qualifications to pursue the academic program are? - Can you clearly articulate why you want to complete a 3 year program? - If there is a problem in your background e.g. a low GPA, can you clearly state why you don’t think this will be a problem going forward? I suspect everything else was entirely ignored.
  • tga_d 5y ago
    Graduate admissions processes are very different from undergraduate admissions in exactly that way though. Undergraduate admissions are trying to select on a pretty wide definition of "successful", basically trying to find students likely to graduate then make the university look good. Graduate admissions care about one thing only: how good are you at generating published research in the department you're applying under. It's much more similar to a job application than an undergrad application.