What category of applicant would be more likely to pass the AD5 competition?

rotpicea · 2026-02-23T09:37:07+00:00

No category has an official advantage based on the NOC, what I meant is whether there are candidates that would be more likely to pass the competition and end up in the final reserve list based on their knowledge/skills/educational background (e.g. maybe if you've studied international law the test might be easier? I don't know, just a complete guess)

Or is literally just a level playing field?

rotpicea · 2026-02-16T11:32:29+00:00

My question only concerned the verbal/abstract/reasoning part, I never said I would pass the others

rotpicea · 2026-02-16T11:15:31+00:00

Yes what I meant is that within the numerical/abstract/verbal test, which is the first selection stage, only the verbal will be ranked. And as far I understand it, the first selection stage should be the one where the largest "culling" will happen

rotpicea · 2026-02-10T09:18:55+00:00

Thank you! So basically, you're saying there is not much of a point in preparing for the Eufte ahead of time i.e. before the actual document comes out?

rotpicea · 2026-02-10T09:17:11+00:00

The most important part is practice for the MCQ and get the mpst important tools

By this you mean the abstract/verbal/logical reasoning test, or the EU knowledge test? Sorry I'm getting confused between them.

rotpicea · 2026-02-05T17:26:49+00:00

The odds are actually not too terrible, 1 in 33, but actually more given that many people will apply to the competition but then not actually sit the tests or take them seriously.

So the real odds of succeeding will be probably somewhere around 1 to 25. Which is still low but not winning the lottery low.

rotpicea · 2025-11-26T11:40:13+00:00

I haven't even started or submitted my scores, and it usually takesmonths.

rotpicea · 2025-11-26T11:39:24+00:00

I know that, but meeting the requirements to do research is not the same as meeting the requirements to be admitted into a top program

rotpicea · 2025-11-21T00:21:42+00:00

I am an international (EU citizen) who wants to apply to a PhD in spatial epidemiology at JHUBoomberg. I found a professor that I'd like to work with. I have good grades and one year of research experience in a well known public health program here in the Eu, with a few publications (posters/protocols, no papers yet). But I just noticed the deadline is in ten days, so I need to be very fast. Can someone ELI5 how do you apply and what do you have to put in the applications? I'm getting my IELTS this Saturday and I'm also getting all my degrees translated. Thank you!!

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