Re:Jobs at Google (1999)
by nostrademons on Friday September 28, 2018 @08:43PM
(#18098085)
I applied to Harvard as a "why not give it a shot?" It involved ticking an additional box on the Common Application and paying an additional $25 or so. I needed the essays, letters of recommendations, SAT, etc. anyway, to apply to other schools. Harvard had no additional requirements besides them. (Amherst and Dartmouth, however, required additional essays. I ended up giving up on the Dartmouth supplement because I couldn't be arsed to finish it, then have them nag me for another 2 months about my uncompleted application before I finally told them that no, I didn't actually want to apply.)
I thought early Google famously cared about the SAT/GRE scores of applicants regardless of age?[0]
[0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/job-hunting-dig-up-those-old-sa...
Re:Jobs at Google (1999)
by zinclozenge on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:50AM
(#18094366)
It also probably costs money to apply to Harvard.
Re:Jobs at Google (1999)
by godelmachine on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:38AM
(#18094258)
Makes sense.
Google gets more applications per open position, so they also have to reject more. Lots of people think "Why not give it a shot and apply at Google." Very few think the same about Harvard. Also, I would say it takes more effort to apply to a university. They will require essays, SAT/GRE and letters of recommendations for a valid application.