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• Thread: 464 Goods vs 114 No Goods

1. Economist
   6917
   

   Four RAs at my organization applying for PhD programs this year.

   Three males: All very good highly valued RAs, from good undergrad schools, two with co-authorships on impressive working papers. Two took additional grad-level math classes. One with very advanced coding skills. One with a perfect GRE. (I don’t know the others' GREs.)

   Results: Schools ranked #15-35

   One female: Below average RA (never expressed much interest in research, economists sometimes complained about assigning her tasks), poor coding skills, from an mediocre undergrad, no extra math courses after undergrad, no working paper.

   Result: Top 10

   A similar pattern happened last year, where the four females all placed in top 10 programs, and the four males placed in rank 10-25. (Though at least last year, the quality of the RAs and their resumes was roughly equal.)

   3 years ago # QUOTE 75 Volod 5 Vlad !

2. Economist
   cfdf
   

   And, there are quotas in the job market too?

   3 years ago # QUOTE 7 Volod 1 Vlad !

3. Economist
   d774
   

   My comment got deleted. So I am not commenting anymore. Ejmr has changed a lot. I was speaking of certain quotas (I am an adcom) in a honest fashion.. Don't know why there is no freedom of speech here

   And, there are quotas in the job market too?

   3 years ago # QUOTE 45 Volod 0 Vlad !

4. Economist
   cfdf
   

   Yes, actually my question was a follow up to your comment. Now I see it was deleted.

   3 years ago # QUOTE 9 Volod 0 Vlad !

5. Economist
   ac4a
   

   AG is definitely getting into both VHRMs this upcoming admissions cycle

   3 years ago # QUOTE 5 Volod 0 Vlad !

6. Economist
   df6a
   

   And then the feminists will wonder why, of all the graduates of a given PhD program, we will assume that the females are on average worse than their male counterparts and got where they are only thanks to AA. Because it's true.
   The females that were at that level got admitted to a better program (except at the top-1), and the females below that level got admitted there. A male had to be exceptionally good to get one of the few remaining spots.

   3 years ago # QUOTE 47 Volod 1 Vlad !

7. Economist
   6079
   

   There's no freedom of speech here because of the old saw that if the evidence doesn't confirm the theory, it must be disposed of.

   3 years ago # QUOTE 17 Volod 0 Vlad !

8. Economist
   6917
   

   Imagine the public reaction to a male economist studying these disparities and presenting them in a seminar, compared to the public reactions that female economists have received for studying different gender disparities.

   3 years ago # QUOTE 41 Volod 0 Vlad !

9. Economist
   ac4a
   

   Imagine the public reaction to a male economist studying these disparities and presenting them in a seminar, compared to the public reactions that female economists have received for studying different gender disparities.

   One brave male economist committed to the truth can undergo sex reassignment surgery and discuss her findings she conducted as a male

   3 years ago # QUOTE 11 Volod 1 Vlad !

10. Economist
    3d86
    

    She sounds hot.

    - Aspie AP looking for relationship

    3 years ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

11. Economist
    f382
    

    S/he sounds hot.
    - Aspie AP looking for relationship

    Ftfy

    3 years ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 0 Vlad !

12. Economist
    f382
    

    Also, this is why MRMs are worth a second look, especially the guys

    3 years ago # QUOTE 29 Volod 1 Vlad !

13. Economist
    b04d
    

    The fault lies with the letter writers. They should not recommend poor candidates to top programs.

    3 years ago # QUOTE 7 Volod 2 Vlad !

14. Economist
    e1a6
    

    AG is definitely getting into both VHRMs this upcoming admissions cycle

    How did she even get the predoc at Harvard? She didn’t come from a very good undergrad school and based on her Twiiter activity she’s not super smart either. Just having the right gender and race is good enough these days?

    3 years ago # QUOTE 17 Volod 1 Vlad !

15. Economist
    cb31
    

    AG is definitely getting into both VHRMs this upcoming admissions cycle

    How did she even get the predoc at Harvard? She didn’t come from a very good undergrad school and based on her Twiiter activity she’s not super smart either. Just having the right gender and race is good enough these days?

    Yes.

    3 years ago # QUOTE 19 Volod 0 Vlad !

16. Economist
    d617
    

    Four RAs at my organization applying for PhD programs this year.
    Three males: All very good highly valued RAs, from good undergrad schools, two with co-authorships on impressive working papers. Two took additional grad-level math classes. One with very advanced coding skills. One with a perfect GRE. (I don’t know the others' GREs.)
    Results: Schools ranked #15-35
    One female: Below average RA (never expressed much interest in research, economists sometimes complained about assigning her tasks), poor coding skills, from an mediocre undergrad, no extra math courses after undergrad, no working paper.
    Result: Top 10
    A similar pattern happened last year, where the four females all placed in top 10 programs, and the four males placed in rank 10-25. (Though at least last year, the quality of the RAs and their resumes was roughly equal.)

    This only suggests your organization does not add much value. I suspect it's some third rate think tank? At our place, all RAs are placed in top 20 and there's no significant trend between male and female RAs, conditional on abilities, of course.

    3 years ago # QUOTE 2 Volod 20 Vlad !

17. Economist
    ac4a
    

    Four RAs at my organization applying for PhD programs this year.
    Three males: All very good highly valued RAs, from good undergrad schools, two with co-authorships on impressive working papers. Two took additional grad-level math classes. One with very advanced coding skills. One with a perfect GRE. (I don’t know the others' GREs.)
    Results: Schools ranked #15-35
    One female: Below average RA (never expressed much interest in research, economists sometimes complained about assigning her tasks), poor coding skills, from an mediocre undergrad, no extra math courses after undergrad, no working paper.
    Result: Top 10
    A similar pattern happened last year, where the four females all placed in top 10 programs, and the four males placed in rank 10-25. (Though at least last year, the quality of the RAs and their resumes was roughly equal.)

    This only suggests your organization does not add much value. I suspect it's some third rate think tank? At our place, all RAs are placed in top 20 and there's no significant trend between male and female RAs, conditional on abilities, of course.

    Or that female talent in econ really hollows out after the top 1% (or some other figure). If we rank male and female economists separately by gender and match the two counterparts by their ranking, the discrepancy in talent will increase exponentially as we go down

    3 years ago # QUOTE 3 Volod 0 Vlad !

18. Economist
    e30b
    

    Who is AG?

    3 years ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 0 Vlad !

19. Economist
    47a8
    

    If we implemented gender blind admissions then we would have a class comprised 95% men and a few women from Asian countries. There are women with applications equally impressive as our average incoming student but they always have much better offered. We are a top 30 school and simply cannot compete with a top 10 offer.

    3 years ago # QUOTE 13 Volod 0 Vlad !

20. Economist
    d6d7
    

    Not surprised. Have similar things happen.

    3 years ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

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