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“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…
Reading Terence Tao’s blog and comments on it has slightly tempered my impression. A few of the many interesting points:…
Back when I applied ~15 years ago, the GRE was the most time-intensive part of the application (it’s also expensive),…
Both Pitt philosophy and Pitt HPS have informally discussed bringing back the GRE (from the 2027-8 admissions round, not this…
When jt comes to students’ ability to do advanced logic, the math section of the GRE is more valuable than…