<p>Another question in my research here.</p>
<p>How do you find admission rates for grad school programs at particular schools, average gpa, average GRE, etc.?</p>
<p>Would you ever contact the program directly from their website and ask for this information, or would they start a file on you and give you five demerits for doing this?</p>
<p>Let me know and thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, it shows that you’re insecure and they put your name on a list to be automatically rejected.</p>
<p>Denizen is kidding (I hope…). It’s entirely reasonable to request this info if it’s not on the departmental website. Bear in mind, however, that not all departments will have these summary stats easily available.</p>
<p>its funny denizen would say something like that considering he’s made threads as ridiculous as this, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/1215125-doh.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/1215125-doh.html</a></p>
<p>The National Academies releases some pretty comprehensive data on research grad school admissions ([A</a> Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States](<a href=“http://www.nap.edu/rdp/]A”>http://www.nap.edu/rdp/)), which I found to be a very useful resource. If you aren’t inclined to wade through their Excel spreadsheet, <em>phds.org</em> utilizes NRC’s data and is another way to get a school’s average quantitative GRE score. Petersons.com lists admissions rates. Unfortunately, all of this data is a few years old, but it should give you a general idea of a program’s relative competitiveness. About a third of the schools I looked into have info on their program websites listing either average or suggested GRE and GPA, but those take a bit of digging. </p>
<p>What kind of programs are you looking to apply to? I have assembled some good admit stats on about 50 grad programs that interested me, and would be happy to send them your way if you happen to be in the same field.</p>
<p>I’m looking into doing a Masters in Statistics.</p>
<p>I’m a year and half out from school so I have some concerns about my chances (rec letters in particular might be difficult).</p>
<p>I’m really looking at University of Illinois - Urbana currently, but open to other options.</p>
<p>It is entirely fair to ask for class profile info. Many programs put it on their website and if you can’t find it, ask. Sometimes they will verbally tell you some of this information if it is not on the <a href=“http://www”>www</a>. For very small programs, sometimes the info is aggregated over several classes. </p>
<p>If you ask professionally and explain you are a potential applicant, you get bonus points instead of demerits because you are proactive and show personal leadership. An engaged prospective student is better than a disengaged one.</p>