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Current
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Status
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- 1/28/11:
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- 446
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- complete
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- and
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- assigned,
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- 17
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- incomplete,
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- 18
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- rejected
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- due
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- to
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- low
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- TOEFL.
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10
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- admitted
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- via
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- fast-track
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237
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- Admissible,
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- sent
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- for
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- sector
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- review
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199
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- Inadmissible,
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- no
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- further
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- action
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</GAC>
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Sector
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admissions
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meetings
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- Vehicles
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- sector
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- meeting,
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- Monday,
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- 2/14,
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- 10am-5pm
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- in
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- 33-206
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- will
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- be
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- attended
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- by
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- Manuel
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- (except
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- 11-12),
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- Paul
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- 11:15-12,
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- 1-3
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- Info
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- sector
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- meeting,
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- Wed,
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- 2/16,
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- 2-5pm
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- in
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- 33-116
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- will
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- be
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- attended
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- by
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- Nick,
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- Moe
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- Systems
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- sector
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- meeting,
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- Thurs,
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- 2/10,
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- 10am-2pm.
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- will
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- be
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- attended
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- by
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- {Hamsa|Nancy}+.
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- The
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- definition
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- of
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- GAC
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- roles
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- at
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- the
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- sector
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- admissions
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- meeting
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- is
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- here:
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...
...
...
...
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- .
- The sizing spreadsheet provided by Dave based on information from the sectors is here: SizingAdmits2011.xls
Useful information
- How to review
- How to get all of the folders assigned to you that you have not read yet:
- Click on "Search"
- Enter in the search box "reader:yourname & !reviewer:yourname".
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- For
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- instance,
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- I
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- do
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- "reader:nickroy
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- &
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- !reviewer:nickroy".
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- The
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- main
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- application
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- review
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- site
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- is
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- here
...
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- The
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- 2010-2011
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- GAC
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- members
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- are
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- here
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- : Aero
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...
...
...
...
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- Average
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- AA
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- test
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- scores
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- of
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- admitted
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- students
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- from
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- Fall
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- 2010
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- are
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- here:
...
...
...
...
- Scores (also
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- gives
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- TOEFL
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- information).
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- The
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- 2010
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- US
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- News
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- and
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- World
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- Report
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- Rankings
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- for
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- Engineering
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- Schools
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- are
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- here:
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- Rankings
- You can send mail to the entire GAC via aa-gac@mit.edu.
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- Any
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- difficulties,
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- please
...
...
- me
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- (Nick)
...
- at
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- nickroy@csail.mit.edu
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- or
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- call
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- my
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- cell
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- at
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- 617-875-2506.
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Issues
- The complete transcripts are not yet available. They should be available by the beginning of January at the latest. Made available 1/22/11
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- at
...
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- The
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- major
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- codes
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- (i.e.,
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- 16)
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- correspond
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- to
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- MIT
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- Course
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- numbers.
...
- i.e.,
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- a
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- major
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- in
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- 16
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- would
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- be
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- Aero/Astro.
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- 61
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- is
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- Course
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- VI,
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- 6-1,
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- 63
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- is
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- Course
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- VI,
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- 6-3.
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- These
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- are
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- selected
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- by
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- the
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- applicant
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- from
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- a
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- drop-down
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- list.
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- Fixed
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- 12/21/10.
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GAC
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Specific
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Info
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- Intended
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- meanings
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- of
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- scores:
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- 4:
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- Fasttrack
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- 3:
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- Admissible
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- 2:
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- Possibly
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- admissible
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- (unlikely
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- to
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- be
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- admitted
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- – probably
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- shouldn't
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- be
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- read
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- by
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- sector)
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- 1:
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- Probable
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- reject
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- (not
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- worth
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- sending
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- to
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- sector)
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- 0:
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- Definite
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- reject
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- (consider
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- summary
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- rejection
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- by
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- GAC
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- chair)
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(This
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- interpretation
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- of
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- the
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- scores
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- is
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- at
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- the
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- GAC
...
- level.
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- The
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- scores
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- at
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- the
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- sector
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- level
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- are
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- purely
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- for
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- ranking
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- candidates,
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- and
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- don't
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- have
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- a
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- specific
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- interpretation.)
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- Fast-track
...
- criteria:
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-
- A folder will be fast-tracked
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- if
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- both
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- initial
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- reviewers
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- give
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- the
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- folder
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- a
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- '4',
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- or
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- if
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- two
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- of
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- three
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- reviewers
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- give
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- the
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- folder
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- a
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- '4'
...
- and
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- GAC
...
- discussion
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- indicates
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- a
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- fast-track
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- is
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- warranted.
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- A candidate admitted as a fast-track
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- will
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- receive
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- an
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- early
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- admission
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- letter
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- and
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- individual
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- faculty
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- can
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- begin
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- contacting
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- the
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- student,
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- but
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- the
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- student
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- will
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- be
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- invited
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- to
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- attend
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- the
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- open
...
- house
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- with
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- regular
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- admits.
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- As
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- of
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- 2010,
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- we
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- no
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- longer
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- invite
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- fast-track
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- students
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- to
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- visit
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- early
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- as
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- our
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- success
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- rate
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- with
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- students
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- visiting
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- outside
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- the
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- open
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- house
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- has
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- not
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- been
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- high.
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- Send to sector criterion:
- A folder will be sent to the sectors for additional reviews if it receives no more than one score of 2 or lower.
- Under-represented groups will be sent to the sector for additional reviews if it receives two scores of 2 or higher.
- Reject criterion:
- A folder will most likely not receive additional reviews from the sector if it receives 2 or more scores of 2 or lower.
GAC Schedule
- Nov 10: 2:30-3:30
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- Kick-off
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- Meeting
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- Dec
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- 1:
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- Initial
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- assignment
...
- of
...
- folders
...
- Dec
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- 1:
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- Associate
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- Dept.
...
- Head
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- to
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- contact
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- sectors for data on number of advisees and funding offers anticipated.
- Dec 15: Admissions deadline. Try to get folders of all early applicants read (at least the first 10).
- Jan 10: All folders read with 2 reviews.
- Jan 14: Review meeting. Agenda and Minutes
- Jan 28: All folders read, sent to sectors.
- Jan 28: Final review meeting. Agenda and Minutes
- Feb 14-18: Sector admissions meetings
- March 1: Students notified of admissions decisions
- March 11: Open house