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2026-03-19 10:47 UTC
@Aepasek Why? Is your admissions process heavily based on written essays?
(At my German university, Master's admissions are typically based on grades, PhD admissions on in-person interviews. I don't know much about Canadian processes.)
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@Aepasek@scholar.social 2026-03-19 16:14
@RaphaelWimmer we don't hire students in to do a predetermined project, we require them to show up with their own (at least plausible) project and then pitch us on its fit with faculty/questions in the field. That's often a big lift for them, so we read plans of study very carefully to think about their writing ability and aptitude for forming research questions... But there's always a lot of generosity in those evaluations. AI slop, however, is taking up too much of that generosity.