<p>Hello.
Could anyone please tell me where or how I can view the stats of people who did or did not get accepted into prestigious top grad schools like Harvard and MIT? It would be helpful to see stats and results of seniors who went through the process.
Thanks.</p>
<p>um you do realize that each program has different standards/statistics?</p>
<p>That's not to say, though, that the statistics of applicants wouldn't be helpful.</p>
<p>To be honest, I don't think the statistics are particularly helpful, even if they are provided (which they frequently aren't). I don't think grad school admissions are numbers-based enough to make useful generalizations -- having a 4.0 GPA and perfect GRE scores isn't going to get you into a top program in the sciences if you don't have any research experience.</p>
<p>For many top programs, I'd bet money that the GPA/GRE score characteristics of the accepted students are almost or completely indistinguishable from those of the applicant pool as a whole.</p>
<p>I don't want statistics that show numbers only. What I want is those that include things like research experience and publications in addition to just "numbers".</p>
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<p>Statistics means numbers (or at least something quantitative). I don't think that qualitative traits like research experiences and publications can easily be summarized as stats., so the only way to really find out this info is if a school puts the full applications of all of their admitted students online for the world to see, which is impossible.</p>
<p>ysk1 - I actually have a suggestion that might be helpful. Look up the webpages of graduate students in your program of interest at these top schools, and see if you can find their resumes or CVs. Then look at their list of accomplishments and/or publications made up to a year or so BEFORE they started graduate school, and you can get a sense of their qualifications at the time they applied. For example, if someone started graduate school in Fall 2006, look for all of their accomplishments made before Fall 2005, because anything after Fall 2005 won't show up on their grad school apps.</p>
<p>Why can't things like research experiences and publications be easily summarized as statistics? People do that all the time, and then call it a CV.</p>
<p>drbott - yeah, you read my mind! Look at the post I made just before yours. If you can find people's CVs online, that's a great way to tell their academic qualifications.</p>
<p>pgbovine-Thank you for a great suggestion. I have one question. How can you search for webpages of graduate students in your program at these top schools, when their names are unknown to you?</p>
<p>you go to the website of the department you are interested on that school's webpage. almost always there is a section (i see "people" a lot) that includes graduate students' information.</p>