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Originally Posted by Hottentot
Not entirely true. You can also, in some cases, be admitted based on your grades in the matriculation exam alone or have those grades help you along with good test score. It depends on school. My history department, at least when I applied, took 20 based on the test and another 20 based on the test and the matriculation exam. I had pretty good grades, above average, but I wasn't even considered to the latter quota.
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Aside from the test(s), are there any other non-quantative criteria? Here in the 'states we have those in the form of persuasive essays, interviews, portfolios, etc. What I have read indicates that Finland does not use such things, but you would be a more authoratative source, seeing as you are there and have gone through it.''
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Originally Posted by Skybird
Next time, just say it, instead of sending people around circles, hunting wild guesses and assumptions about your motives.
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And here we have the crux of the problem bewteen you and I. I shouldn't have to say it; you should argue honestly from the start. That is what elicits my contempt.
Skybird, stop playing games. The blogger complains that the quality of students coming from postgraduate education is of diminishing quality. This is true. However, those are the symptoms of the disease. I have offered the disease itself. Correct it, and your blogger's complaints vanish. To quote from the blogger himself:
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Having to constantly endure these theoretically intelligent and well qualified, but unknowledgeable and underwhelming interviewees, it makes me wonder what has happened in education – primary, secondary, and tertiary – to produce this calibre of candidates.
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This is what happened:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...2&postcount=19
It cannot be more clear and obvious. Oh, and I'm not angry, Skybird. You all have never seen me angry.