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As an international student, I honestly don’t know how good an indicator the GRE is, at least for students whose…
Yes, it’s a hyperbole. FWIW I think a pressing worry with these AI-heavy jobs cycles is the same one we…
This might filter out intelligent neurodivergent students who struggle with timed admissions tests.
When jt comes to students’ ability to do advanced logic, the math section of the GRE is more valuable than…
“Every undergraduate” is hyperbole.
Every undergraduate desperately wants to talk about AI and its philosophical implications these days. They want to understand whether AI…
Yes, also true at my university (a large public R1). Our department did not decide whether or not to prioritize…
Via Ralph Weir on Twitter, I came across this interesting project to incentivize members of the public to decipher the remains of philosophical scrolls damaged by the infamous eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in antiquity. The bit deciphered so far concerns the pleasures of food, a good topic when in Naples!
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