Our grad applications reached the point where the associate director grad (we have a main director grad also) could no longer manage them. A Graduate Applications committee was set up and senior faculty were asked to volunteer. I did.
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The early fall workload (for summer term admission) was not too bad, but the deadline for fall admission was Dec 1, and we were told to expect about 125 applications, to arrive in weekly tranches. Tuesday morning, I had 18 applications waiting, and I expect something similar next week.
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We don't decide on admissions, though. A first filter has been applied, and we assign a letter grade (A, B+, B, B-, C, with a rubric) which tags the file when it goes to all faculty for consideration (they can filter on grade). There are two reviewers for each file, and we are supposed to come to consensus if we can. So the stakes are not as high as they might be.
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We are using HotCRP for review (even though the "papers" are just links into another portal, and we have to download PDFs of files from that). On the one hand, it's a familiar format, and I generally approve of repurposing existing technology. On the other hand, it risks igniting past traumas. At least the convos have been relaxed so far (possibly because our decisions are only advisory to supervisors).
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29 applications this week, Friday deadline. This is exponential growth.
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