[eefaculty] Re: Graduate application format

[Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa]

As long as the material is all available at once for us to read in any 
order we choose and jump back and forth, regardless of the order they 
appear with in the file, I have no issues.

Best regards.
--Yaser

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Dr. Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa,       Professor of EE and CS
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.           Tel (626)395-4842
http://work.caltech.edu              ya...@caltech.edu
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On 10/15/2021 01:26 PM, Kostina, Victoria wrote:
Dear EE faculty,

The proposal below modifies the order in which faculty will see 
graduate application materials in the pdf file that is generated by 
the CollegeNET system. 6 options have already supported the change. 
Please let me know if you have concerns.

Best,
Victoria




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*From: *Andrew Thompson <andr...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:andr...@caltech.edu>>
*Subject: **Graduate application format*
*Date: *October 13, 2021 at 9:53:35 PM PDT
*To: *Graduate Office <grad...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:grad...@caltech.edu>>, "Gilmore, Natalie" 
<ngilm...@caltech.edu <mailto:ngilm...@caltech.edu>>, "Dalton, Jacob 
R." <jdal...@caltech.edu <mailto:jdal...@caltech.edu>>, "Chan, David 
C." <dc...@caltech.edu <mailto:dc...@caltech.edu>>, "Peterson, 
Darrell" <rdpet...@caltech.edu <mailto:rdpet...@caltech.edu>>, 
"Koehne, Tobias" <tkoe...@caltech.edu <mailto:tkoe...@caltech.edu>>, 
"Li, Melissa" <m...@caltech.edu <mailto:m...@caltech.edu>>, "Austin, 
Joanna M." <jmaus...@caltech.edu <mailto:jmaus...@caltech.edu>>, 
"Schroeder, Peter" <p...@caltech.edu <mailto:p...@caltech.edu>>, 
"Lapusta, Nadia" <lapu...@caltech.edu <mailto:lapu...@caltech.edu>>, 
"Faraon, Andrei" <far...@caltech.edu <mailto:far...@caltech.edu>>, 
"Clemons, William M." <clem...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:clem...@caltech.edu>>, "Cai, Long" <l...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:l...@caltech.edu>>, "Prober, David" <dpro...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:dpro...@caltech.edu>>, "Giapis, Konstantinos P." 
<kpgia...@caltech.edu <mailto:kpgia...@caltech.edu>>, "Stoltz, Brian 
M." <sto...@caltech.edu <mailto:sto...@caltech.edu>>, "Siapas, 
Athanassios G. (Thanos)" <tha...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:tha...@caltech.edu>>, "Vidick, Thomas G." <vid...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:vid...@caltech.edu>>, "Yue, Yisong" <y...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:y...@caltech.edu>>, "Ames, Aaron D." <a...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:a...@caltech.edu>>, "Kostina, Victoria" <vkost...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:vkost...@caltech.edu>>, "Schneider, Tapio" <ta...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:ta...@caltech.edu>>, "Faber, Katherine T." 
<ktfa...@caltech.edu <mailto:ktfa...@caltech.edu>>, "Graber, Thomas 
B." <gra...@caltech.edu <mailto:gra...@caltech.edu>>, "Wang, Lihong" 
<lih...@caltech.edu <mailto:lih...@caltech.edu>>, "Lester, Henry A." 
<les...@caltech.edu <mailto:les...@caltech.edu>>, "Patterson, Ryan 
B." <rbpat...@caltech.edu <mailto:rbpat...@caltech.edu>>, "O'Doherty, 
John P." <jdohe...@caltech.edu <mailto:jdohe...@caltech.edu>>, 
"Hirsch, Alexander V. (Alex)" <avhir...@hss.caltech.edu 
<mailto:avhir...@hss.caltech.edu>>, "andr...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:andr...@caltech.edu>" <andr...@caltech.edu 
<mailto:andr...@caltech.edu>>

Hi GSC'ers,

At the end of our meeting today, I raised a question about whether it 
is possible to modify the order in which application material is 
presented in our online system (CollegeNET) and/or in a downloaded 
.pdf package.  Following literature on admissions best practices, it 
has been suggested that reading personal statements and letters of 
recommendation prior to receiving information about test scores, 
nationality, gender, race, undergraduate institution, etc. can reduce 
unconscious bias.

It appears that this change, if desired, would need to be implemented 
by all options at Caltech.  I propose the following order (but happy 
to have suggestions for modifications):

• Personal statement
• CV
• Letters of recommendation
• Personal Information
• GPA / Test scores / Fellowship applications
• Transcripts

Natalie and Nadia, please advise how/if we can move this proposal 
forward.

Thanks for your time,
Andy

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Andrew Thompson (he/him/his)
Environmental Science and Engineering
California Institute of Technology
MC 131-24
Pasadena, CA  91125

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