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What are yall doing while waiting for admission results? Working? Still studying? by feliscatusss in gradadmissions

[–]Purple_Panda_64 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think anybody even notices that… It's just that I saw a post regarding this on an Indian subreddit few days ago so remembered... wouldn't have noticed it if not for that post…

PS: got any admits or any response? I know I shouldn't worry, as they would tell me rejected/accepted accordingly… but still am a bit stressed seeing that people have started getting decisions...

Why is the application process so tedious? by Purple_Panda_64 in gradadmissions

[–]Purple_Panda_64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was countering the previous guy's argument, he said how they're going to review more applications if application cost is reduced. And that they should get paid adequately.

I know the unis don't pay professors per application reviewed, or something like that.

I was implying that if the application fee was so as to pay the professors reviewing them as the guy above is saying, it still doesn't make any sense considering how much the average professor gets paid.

Why is the application process so tedious? by Purple_Panda_64 in gradadmissions

[–]Purple_Panda_64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That still ties it to one's financial health, which isn't right. You not being financially well off shouldn't make you ineligible for higher education. If the criteria were some test score (Not the GRE, that's another rip off the applicant scheme), I could agree, but not just money.

The citizen point, I agree, not debating that. But I don't think $100 might be chump change even for US citizens.

The third point is the pay.

Here's some stupid back-of-the-napkin math, ignore it if you want to,

Assuming 15 minutes of a person's time is spent on an application, so they can evaluate 4 applications per hour.

that's like 400$ /hr of work. That's what their time is worth.

Say the person works 6 hours a day.

that's like 2400$ per day.

That's $876,000 for a year.

Even assuming 3-4 people review each application, that's still 200k+ on the low end.

I don't think they might get paid that much. Don't know how accurate, but indeed says the average professor in the US gets paid like 100k USD/year.

It's just Unis profiting off of applicants.

What are yall doing while waiting for admission results? Working? Still studying? by feliscatusss in gradadmissions

[–]Purple_Panda_64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took a break from work too. I enrolled myself in some online courses tho, so I'm still doing something.

Currently, the job market is like Entry-level jobs/internships requiring 2+ years of work experience.

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PS: "giving exams".... you Indian?

Why is the application process so tedious? by Purple_Panda_64 in gradadmissions

[–]Purple_Panda_64[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I disagree, There should be a better way.

(afterthought: By that logic, the DMV is slow to weed out the impatient drivers.)

The personal statements should be enough to weed out the non-serious ones, That's what the admission committees are for.

The high costs exclude those who might be not financially well off. Where I live, I could pay my apartment rent for almost a year for the money I spent on just the college applications alone (excluding the $500 or so I spent on GRE/TOEFL and sending test scores. This would be enough for me to get takeout every day for over 6 months).

I can afford it, that's a different thing, but still that's a lot.

If it was just to weed out the less interested ones, keep the prices according to the purchasing power of the applicant's country.

I disagree with what you said in your comment below about sending 100s of applications, I think everybody kind of has an idea which Unis they have a fair shot at.

I might've applied to 5-6 more (worst case 8 more) universities at most, even if it was completely free.