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From: dykimber@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Daniel Yaron Kimberg)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Student preparedness
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Date: 6 Jan 89 18:58:34 GMT
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In article <9343@ihlpb.ATT.COM> nevin1@ihlpb.UUCP (55528-Liber,N.J.) writes:
>mean grades, and that most of the world only looks at the grades and not
>the person (not all grad schools bother to interview, for instance), why
>should they believe anything else?  The measure of education is the
>GPA; the rest is considered a side-effect.

It would be a good thing to note at this point that interviews would worsen
the admissions process.  There is a considerable body of published literature
which indicates fairly unequivocally that interviews at best add noise to the
admissions data.  I personally prefer interviews because I do well on them, but
they are not an indicator of future performance.  If anyone wants references,
ask me next week when I'll have time.

                                                  -Dan