How many points did you get

rider730
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:30:51 +0000

GlueEater

I don’t think it works that simply. UCSD has a similar system and they have published their rubric for awarding points. The EOP points would be awarded in parts based on how sustained a participation. One year would not garner full points.

Similarly, categories like leadership are undoubtedly more fine grained – so that a single club presidency may not earn full points, but student body president or multiple club leadership roles might.

That is the basic problem in self-assessing. We don’t know how our situation is evaluated by the reader at UCD, even assuming that they have a very detailed guide to the criteria for point assignments, since they don’t make that information public.

It is human nature to look at the categories and give ourselves maximum points for any that we believe apply to us, even those where the justification is weak. It is a lot like the CC self-assessment of the essays – everyone believes their essays rocked, making grown men cry, but common sense says they can’t all be the best.