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• Thread: 82 Goods vs 60 No Goods

1. Economist
   d534
   

   He passed the GRE threshold, but so did a lot of people. He had two excellent letters and one very good letter. His math background is strong, but the issue is his grades in the core math classes aren’t that great.

   My department is willing to overlook that because “his upper level math grades are excellent so it could’ve just been a learning curve.”

   Not only that, his undergrad school is a borderline community college.

   In 6 years I’m going to say a big “I told you so” when he’s a terrible candidate

   5 months ago # QUOTE 1 Good 36 No Good !

2. Economist
   f3d1
   

   student asks OP to be their adviser

   OP deliberately sabotages their progress and gives bad advice in order to say 'I told you so'

   5 months ago # QUOTE 11 Good 1 No Good !

3. Economist
   d534
   

   student asks OP to be their adviser
   OP deliberately sabotages their progress and gives bad advice in order to say 'I told you so'

   I’m realistic not petty

   5 months ago # QUOTE 1 Good 4 No Good !

4. Economist
   6143
   

   I couldn't even read past the first four words or you mind-numbing inanity, OP.

   You are pathologically tedious.

   5 months ago # QUOTE 12 Good 0 No Good !

5. Economist
   278d
   

   He passed the GRE threshold, but so did a lot of people. He had two excellent letters and one very good letter. His math background is strong, but the issue is his grades in the core math classes aren’t that great.
   My department is willing to overlook that because “his upper level math grades are excellent so it could’ve just been a learning curve.”
   Not only that, his undergrad school is a borderline community college.
   In 6 years I’m going to say a big “I told you so” when he’s a terrible candidate

   I struggled early in undergrad. TBH I wasn't thinking about grad school at all, and was actually working 30-40 hours in a low-skill job I really enjoyed. I didn't do poorly, but if I got a B I didn't care that much. I'm so thankful my grad admissions team overlooked all that. I ended up with a great job, so be careful OP.

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6. Economist
   f2de
   

   i bet it is some kind of elaborated real analysis troll.

   5 months ago # QUOTE 6 Good 0 No Good !

7. Economist
   1f8b
   

   I sincerely hope he proves you wrong down the line, OP. I did my undergrad at a non-US VLRM, coming in with almost no math background. Went on to do my PhD at an upper MRM in the US, likely thanks to good letters and sheer luck. Suffered through the 1st year PhD math to get up to speed, then found a productive research field I liked which does not involve hardcore math, and got AP position at an MRM in the US. If the people judging my PhD application would have been as narrow-minded as you, I would've been stuck in a very different equilibrium.

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8. Economist
   ad99
   

   really OP I'm so jealous of you, your LRM department admitting a student you didn't like is a problem big enough in your life that you come here to complain about it..

   5 months ago # QUOTE 10 Good 0 No Good !

9. Economist
   2bfc
   

   OP is obviously a dumb student. No actual faculty care enough about Ph.D. admissions to feud over this stuff.

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10. Economist
    55ca
    

    Yeah, man, you are an LRM department so you really just need enough of a math background to reg y x.

    --LRM with extremely weak math background but good at finding good questions to answer with reg y x.

    I sincerely hope he proves you wrong down the line, OP. I did my undergrad at a non-US VLRM, coming in with almost no math background. Went on to do my PhD at an upper MRM in the US, likely thanks to good letters and sheer luck. Suffered through the 1st year PhD math to get up to speed, then found a productive research field I liked which does not involve hardcore math, and got AP position at an MRM in the US. If the people judging my PhD application would have been as narrow-minded as you, I would've been stuck in a very different equilibrium.

    5 months ago # QUOTE 0 Good 1 No Good !

11. Economist
    9621
    

    OP is obviously a dumb student. No actual faculty care enough about Ph.D. admissions to feud over this stuff.

    this

    5 months ago # QUOTE 1 Good 0 No Good !

12. Economist
    5430
    

    I sincerely hope he proves you wrong down the line, OP. I did my undergrad at a non-US VLRM, coming in with almost no math background. Went on to do my PhD at an upper MRM in the US, likely thanks to good letters and sheer luck. Suffered through the 1st year PhD math to get up to speed, then found a productive research field I liked which does not involve hardcore math, and got AP position at an MRM in the US. If the people judging my PhD application would have been as narrow-minded as you, I would've been stuck in a very different equilibrium.

    you got lucky and other stuff. first off, are you a woman?

    5 months ago # QUOTE 0 Good 2 No Good !

13. Economist
    1f8b
    

    I sincerely hope he proves you wrong down the line, OP. I did my undergrad at a non-US VLRM, coming in with almost no math background. Went on to do my PhD at an upper MRM in the US, likely thanks to good letters and sheer luck. Suffered through the 1st year PhD math to get up to speed, then found a productive research field I liked which does not involve hardcore math, and got AP position at an MRM in the US. If the people judging my PhD application would have been as narrow-minded as you, I would've been stuck in a very different equilibrium.

    you got lucky and other stuff. first off, are you a woman?

    No.
    PS none of my research involves reg y x.
    PPS I actually got an A- in real analysis!

    5 months ago # QUOTE 2 Good 0 No Good !

14. Economist
    9ef6
    

    blogger.com, check it out.

    He passed the GRE threshold, but so did a lot of people. He had two excellent letters and one very good letter. His math background is strong, but the issue is his grades in the core math classes aren’t that great.
    My department is willing to overlook that because “his upper level math grades are excellent so it could’ve just been a learning curve.”
    Not only that, his undergrad school is a borderline community college.
    In 6 years I’m going to say a big “I told you so” when he’s a terrible candidate

    I struggled early in undergrad. TBH I wasn't thinking about grad school at all, and was actually working 30-40 hours in a low-skill job I really enjoyed. I didn't do poorly, but if I got a B I didn't care that much. I'm so thankful my grad admissions team overlooked all that. I ended up with a great job, so be careful OP.

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15. Economist
    9ef6
    

    reg monkey? that's not success. kind of pathetic, really.

    I sincerely hope he proves you wrong down the line, OP. I did my undergrad at a non-US VLRM, coming in with almost no math background. Went on to do my PhD at an upper MRM in the US, likely thanks to good letters and sheer luck. Suffered through the 1st year PhD math to get up to speed, then found a productive research field I liked which does not involve hardcore math, and got AP position at an MRM in the US. If the people judging my PhD application would have been as narrow-minded as you, I would've been stuck in a very different equilibrium.

    5 months ago # QUOTE 0 Good 3 No Good !

16. Economist
    d141
    

    OP you are quite literally what's wrong with the world. There is nothing impressive about a spoon fed coddled brat who goes to a name brand uni gets the best training and then does well in a masters. On the other hand someone who starts off from a community college and then excels in that same masters is giving you a strong signal of their ability since they didn't have access to that kind of training. I'd go with the community College kid every time.

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17. Economist
    d534
    

    OP you are quite literally what's wrong with the world. There is nothing impressive about a spoon fed coddled brat who goes to a name brand uni gets the best training and then does well in a masters. On the other hand someone who starts off from a community college and then excels in that same masters is giving you a strong signal of their ability since they didn't have access to that kind of training. I'd go with the community College kid every time.

    He doesn’t have a masters and he’s from a very rich area. I’d bet on him being a spoiled coddled brat

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18. Economist
    1f8b
    

    As I said before, none of my research involves running regressions. You sound quite clueless pretending that all research necessarily involves either hardcore math or reg y x. Good coding skills have landed me a top 5 too.

    reg monkey? that's not success. kind of pathetic, really.

    I sincerely hope he proves you wrong down the line, OP. I did my undergrad at a non-US VLRM, coming in with almost no math background. Went on to do my PhD at an upper MRM in the US, likely thanks to good letters and sheer luck. Suffered through the 1st year PhD math to get up to speed, then found a productive research field I liked which does not involve hardcore math, and got AP position at an MRM in the US. If the people judging my PhD application would have been as narrow-minded as you, I would've been stuck in a very different equilibrium.
    

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19. Economist
    9ef6
    

    I'm really getting tired of this attitude. Having rich parents doesn't automatically make you a "brat" or whatever other label you animals conjure up.

    OP you are quite literally what's wrong with the world. There is nothing impressive about a spoon fed coddled brat who goes to a name brand uni gets the best training and then does well in a masters. On the other hand someone who starts off from a community college and then excels in that same masters is giving you a strong signal of their ability since they didn't have access to that kind of training. I'd go with the community College kid every time.

    He doesn’t have a masters and he’s from a very rich area. I’d bet on him being a spoiled coddled brat

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20. Economist
    dfc7
    

    OP is a doosh.

    /thread

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