tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post2247278051811285867..comments2024-03-22T08:04:05.869-07:00Comments on 魚之樂: 哲學與名牌Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-48122219112300826302010-05-10T23:05:51.844-07:002010-05-10T23:05:51.844-07:00I suppose if the letter writer was a big name, the...I suppose if the letter writer was a big name, they would not even have to look at his/her publication record.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-83019832931175030322010-05-10T19:50:10.770-07:002010-05-10T19:50:10.770-07:00As part of her job, a friend of mine met with facu...As part of her job, a friend of mine met with faculty members at one of the top U.S, universities who are on graduate admission committees. The goal is for her to see how the process goes so that she could go back and help undergraduate with their applications. When asked what they look for in recommendation letters, one faculty member said he would look at the names of the faculty and search for their publications. What matter is how many publications the recommender has, not so much what was being said about the applicants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-13370242649181304602010-05-10T10:32:19.892-07:002010-05-10T10:32:19.892-07:00RandomCoil,
//If that is the case, whether he is ...RandomCoil,<br /><br />//If that is the case, whether he is from University of Oklahoma is not crucial...//<br /><br />This conclusion does not follow from the data you referred to. It at best means that the bachelor degree is more important. By the way, the person I mentioned in the article did not get his first degree from a famous university either.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-7999518487600221492010-05-10T09:31:27.198-07:002010-05-10T09:31:27.198-07:00If that is the case, whether he is from University...If that is the case, whether he is from University of Oklahoma is not crucial...<br /><br />The reason why my colleagues and I (and others) had that conversation was because... there were 7 of us chatting and we realised that only me and another person are from working class (we went to non-prestige colleges).RandomCoilhttp://boundaryinterfaces.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-13932726211451189142010-05-10T08:13:37.571-07:002010-05-10T08:13:37.571-07:00RandomCoil,
That didn't surprise me at all.RandomCoil,<br /><br />That didn't surprise me at all.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-1625867552896987512010-05-10T00:58:15.877-07:002010-05-10T00:58:15.877-07:00My american colleague told me that recently he rea...My american colleague told me that recently he read a papers about educational background of faculties in the States...<br /><br />Apparently, the most significant STATISTICAL determining factor is where one got his / her bachelor degree, not where s/he got his/her PhD...RandomCoilhttp://boundaryinterfaces.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-88367637971687743942010-05-10T00:22:22.234-07:002010-05-10T00:22:22.234-07:00CYC,
我是指一般排名,UC San Diego算是名校。CYC,<br /><br />我是指一般排名,UC San Diego算是名校。W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-88058809638351359342010-05-10T00:13:43.640-07:002010-05-10T00:13:43.640-07:00這位仁兄也真是夠猛料,不知他在Top-journal上有幾篇論文!
你指的“名牌”,是指一般坊間排名...這位仁兄也真是夠猛料,不知他在Top-journal上有幾篇論文!<br />你指的“名牌”,是指一般坊間排名,還是指如Philosophical Gourmet Report上ranking?<br />(比如,哈佛裏我欽佩的Godfrey-Smith,在Syndey和UC San Diego畢業,但它們好像都在TOP20外)CYCnoreply@blogger.com