B1.5 Ranking of Applicants

Updated: May 23rd, 2011

Rankings provide one of the few objective measures of why a department recommends admission or denial for a particular candidate. The applicant’s rank enables the department and the Graduate Division to be specific about the faculty’s judgment of an individual’s qualifications compared with competing applicants. If a disappointed candidate takes legal action or asks for a detailed explanation, the rankings are essential to the defense of the department’s recommendation. For these reasons, departments must rank all applicants, even those who are clearly unacceptable.

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