Ok, so I was filling out a graduate app today, well finishing it up, and I came across so many inconsistencies with app itself and the directions given on the department's page. I probably wasted so much paper because I printed out the wrong things. I have no idea why the documents on the app were just printable files, but they were interactive pdfs on the dept's site, because that doesn't make any sense. It's the Internet for Chrissake! Everything has a starting point, and you can point a link to anything!
Why do we continue to make it increasingly hard for anyone to do anything in this world? For instance, do graduate apps need to be as convoluted as referenced above? How about this: One application for everything. Start to finish, every piece of information you want from the applicant, on one long form (or any continuous stream of information). If more than one person needs to look at said application, make copies on your own paper, because if I need to send duplicates of everything, but it then gets only one person looking at it, essentially I've wasted my money for half the viewing audience.
I'm honestly surprised it is so hard to find the information you need to apply to graduate school. It is almost if the schools don't want many applicants. It makes sense, considering how many applicants there are in any given term, but only a small percentage is taken into the program "due to funding". Simply put: "We don't want to flood the market with experts, and if you don't want to attempt it, that's better for us".
I'm not really sure I've made much sense, but these are annoyances I've encountered today.
Now for some news:
Snow in Vegas! Now, if only it would make its way to the Valley. It's been 20 years, I think it's time for another showing.
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actually about 5 yrs ago there was very little snow when i was in sylmar. it was practically dirt though 5 min later. but i have pictures to prove it
See, there are the whiners who say things are too hard, forms are too difficult to fill in, they don't read simple instructions...these people, I interact with them every day at my work. There is a line between making things simple and not convoluted and just dumbing things down for those who are just lazy.
In this case, grad applications should not be so darn difficult. The fact that a person is judged simply by what is written on a few pages of paper is bad enough, why waste peoples time with such nit picky things?
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