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For real? People have always told me that recommendations are pretty much the only thing good grad schools look at. (For math, at least.)
by jibiki 17y ago
For real? People have always told me that recommendations are pretty much the only thing good grad schools look at. (For math, at least.)
- pradocchia 17y agoMath is a holdout.
- apu 17y agoThis is true at all the top CS programs as well. They look at: 1. Past research (including published papers) 2. Recommendation letters GRE scores are a pre-filter (not set too high, I think, and certainly the CS subject GRE is ignored, even when it is required), grades matter only slightly, and the admission essays are basically a chance to disqualify yourself by saying something stupid.
- Alex3917 17y agoI've heard this too, but do the admission statistics actually confirm it? I suspect it's more along the lines of, "we only care about your recommendations, as long as you have above a 3.7 GPA." I could be wrong...