This is the application season—many applicants are polishing their essays, personalizing them for individual schools, reminding their letter-writers to avoid the (inevitable?) delay in their submissions, etc. Across multiple discussions, we have noticed that many aspirants are hesitant to apply broadly, and would restrict their Ph.D. applications to “top-4” or “top-10” schools in the world. …
Author: Danish Pruthi
Hey! I am Danish Pruthi, and I am a Ph.D candidate in Language Technologies at School of Computer Science in Carnegie Mellon University. I like to read and write.