title: Defining success in graduate school.
abstract: We agree with the author that a quantitative analysis of the predictive nature of the metrics used in graduate student admissions is a worthy pursuit and value the sincere intentions behind the UCSF Tetrad study. However, these types of analyses would benefit from the same rigorous approaches that we employ in our other research endeavors. As UCSF Tetrad graduates with diverse careers in academia, medicine, industry, and publishing, we hope that the definition of success in graduate school can be as thoughtfully and scientifically examined as the measurements used to select the next young people to follow in our footsteps.
authors: Biomarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., Novato, CA 94949.
authors: Sean M
authors: SM
authors: Bell
authors: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA 02110.
authors: Jessica
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authors: Blumstein
authors: Neuron, Cell Press, Cambridge, MA 02139.
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authors: Brose
authors: Amplion Research, Bend, OR 97702.
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authors: Carroll
authors: Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02142.
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authors: Chang
authors: Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
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authors: Charles
authors: Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 ehaswell@wustl.edu.
authors: Elizabeth S
authors: ES
authors: Haswell
authors: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA 94066.
authors: Melissa
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authors: Michelitsch
authors: Atterocor, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
authors: Julia C
authors: JC
authors: Owens
authors: Somerville, MA 02144.
authors: Christopher K
authors: CK
authors: Patil
authors: Science & Health Education Partnership, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143.
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Smith
authors: Genedata, San Francisco, CA 94109.
authors: Jon
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authors: Tupy
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authors: Walsh
authors: Department of Biology, Salem State University, Salem, MA 01970.
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authors: Ware
mesh_terms: D004500:Education, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012570:School Admission Criteria / Q000639:trends*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*