Is admission based solely on GPAs (and test scores, where required)?
No. The Admissions Committee reads through each applicant’s file carefully, reviewing what the statement, references, and other content tells them about the applicant’s background, talent and other attributes that are needed by the information professions – including readiness to engage in academic work, analytic and conceptual thinking ability, writing skills, and evidence of commitment to the application of new techniques and concepts in the information professions. If a file as a whole shows evidence of such qualities, applicants may be admitted despite unsatisfactory scores. If it gives reason to doubt this, an applicatn may be rejected despite satisfactory scores.
No. The Admissions Committee reads through each applicant’s file carefully, reviewing what the statement, references and other content tells them about the applicant’s background, talent and other attributes that are needed by the information professions – including readiness to engage in academic work, analytic and conceptual thinking ability, writing skills, and evidence of commitment to the application of new techniques and concepts in the information professions. If a file as a whole shows evidence of such qualities, applicants may be admitted despite unsatisfactory scores. If it gives reason to doubt this, an applicant may be rejected despite satisfactory scores.
