How I published a fake paper, and why it is the fault of our education system

Re:How I published a fake paper, and why it is the fault of ... by h0cked on Monday December 30, 2013 @08:43AM (#6984549)

Well, I do agree that students can have different quality, and we shouldn't discriminate Indian students. But the problem is that enough Indian students have made bad reputation for all Indian students here (U.S), and to avoid future loss (time and effort of the faculties), we just start to reject any Indian students (at least in my own circle).

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Re:How I published a fake paper, and why it is the fault of ... by ngkabra on Monday December 30, 2013 @09:49AM (#6984790)

I know that this is a problem, and I don't blame you.

However, one of the admissions committee members of a top-10 US university told me how they deal with this problem.

That they keep track of good universities in India, and what GPA is considered good in India. Occasionally, they take a chance with a student with an interesting resume from an unknown University, and continue selecting from there if that student does well. Repeat this process, and over time they end up with a good list of sources of good students from India; and they ignore applications from all other Indians.

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Re:How I published a fake paper, and why it is the fault of ... by Daniel_Newby on Monday December 30, 2013 @12:11PM (#6985494)

Have you tried putting a test in your CV web page? For example, "I welcome inquiries from prospective students. I get a lot of advertising email, so include the phrase 'brown M&Ms' in the subject line so I will know you are a real person." That should weed out a lot of the email blast applicants.

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