Agree on the “should” part! As for “can”: a potentially valuable side project someone (perhaps myself, with the extra time I’ll have on my hands before grad school) might want to try is looking for empirical predictors of success in priority fields. Something along these lines, although unfortunately the linked paper’s formula wouldn’t be of much use to people who haven’t already entered academia.
Agree on the “should” part! As for “can”: a potentially valuable side project someone (perhaps myself, with the extra time I’ll have on my hands before grad school) might want to try is looking for empirical predictors of success in priority fields. Something along these lines, although unfortunately the linked paper’s formula wouldn’t be of much use to people who haven’t already entered academia.