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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By weeding out, you mean the students perform poorly in the courses needed to become a doctoral level scientist. Not sure how to get around that. I have a PhD and often have to review the applications of students who sincerely want to pursue a PhD in my field. Their grades and standardized test scores however, suggest that they will not complete graduate school successfully. We would do them a disservice to admit them to an expensive, time-consuming (5-7 year) process...if all indications are they will not finish with the degree at the end. [/quote] I would agree with you (and I do believe poor performers need to go) except for the fact that the weed out process doesn’t seem highly correlated with what it means to be successful in the field. [/quote]
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