Hello everybody !!! Just now I realized something which I think is worth mentioning in this blog of mine. I was as usual going through the website, www.thegradcafe.com, to check the news about the Ph.D admissions in various universities. In this website students around the world post their admission stats, courses where they applied for masters or Ph.D programs, whether and when they are accepted or rejected by their university, their reactions on being accpeted and on being rejected too and many other details.
This site was introduced to me by one of my classmates called Shion. As I am also awaiting results for my graduate admission, I keep visiting this site for the latest updates. Today I realized that I am not alone in the race of admissions. There are far too many better students with better scores, better academic profiles, better research profiles competing against each other for admissions in different programs. And then there are many students who have excellent profiles and GRE scores, and research experience and still they are rejected by the universities. The rejections does not imply that the students were not up to the mark. Rejection is not just the end of the road. A rejection from a university does not mean that you did not deserve it. It is just that the universities cannot take everybody. It also does not mean that the students who are selected are the best of the lot. Perception differs. The admission committee also gambles. They also speculate that these bunch of people whom we are offering admissions seem to be good but in the end what matters is how successful you have become as a researcher or as a professor. Though people always say that this guy is from Oxford, Cambrige or Harvard but mostly what matters is how many papers you have published, what is your contribution to the field irrespective of the fact that from where did you achieve your degree. A degree from a renowned university complements your academic profile but it is not the sole important thing.
So I feel that even though I do not get admission anywhere I should not be disheartened. It is a part of life. I should accept it the way I should have accepted the positive response from the university and move on in my life and try again if I really want it. It is just not the end of road as I said.
Mind you I mentioned this point not because I did not get admission offer from any university till now, it is just a thought, a realization, a motivation to go further in life which prompted me to write this. That's it for the day. Will be back soon. :)
This site was introduced to me by one of my classmates called Shion. As I am also awaiting results for my graduate admission, I keep visiting this site for the latest updates. Today I realized that I am not alone in the race of admissions. There are far too many better students with better scores, better academic profiles, better research profiles competing against each other for admissions in different programs. And then there are many students who have excellent profiles and GRE scores, and research experience and still they are rejected by the universities. The rejections does not imply that the students were not up to the mark. Rejection is not just the end of the road. A rejection from a university does not mean that you did not deserve it. It is just that the universities cannot take everybody. It also does not mean that the students who are selected are the best of the lot. Perception differs. The admission committee also gambles. They also speculate that these bunch of people whom we are offering admissions seem to be good but in the end what matters is how successful you have become as a researcher or as a professor. Though people always say that this guy is from Oxford, Cambrige or Harvard but mostly what matters is how many papers you have published, what is your contribution to the field irrespective of the fact that from where did you achieve your degree. A degree from a renowned university complements your academic profile but it is not the sole important thing.
So I feel that even though I do not get admission anywhere I should not be disheartened. It is a part of life. I should accept it the way I should have accepted the positive response from the university and move on in my life and try again if I really want it. It is just not the end of road as I said.
Mind you I mentioned this point not because I did not get admission offer from any university till now, it is just a thought, a realization, a motivation to go further in life which prompted me to write this. That's it for the day. Will be back soon. :)
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