EAGxBerkeley did have a higher rate of late applications than other EAGx events. % of applications that came in the last 3 days:
LatAm: 12.5%
Berkeley: 22%
Rotterdam: 12.9%
Singapore: 9%
Boston: 12%
I’m unsure whether the FTX crisis was the cause—it could also be how the team marketed the event (a big last push, maybe?) or norms around how early to apply to events. But FTX seems plausible.
I don’t have the data on no-shows to hand but the rate also seems slightly higher to me, based on eyeballing leftover badges/people admitted (an imperfect measure).
I still think many of the norms suggested here are reasonable asks, even if Berkeley was unusual in some ways.
I suspect that students had more hesitations about EAGx Berkeley than about other EAGxs because of end-of-semester timing (e.g. concurrent with exam preparation). One third of the undergrads whom I encouraged to apply ended up skipping the event citing the time conflict with schoolwork. Thus, the end-of-semester timing seems to explain some of the procrastination and absentees.
EAGxBerkeley did have a higher rate of late applications than other EAGx events. % of applications that came in the last 3 days:
LatAm: 12.5%
Berkeley: 22%
Rotterdam: 12.9%
Singapore: 9%
Boston: 12%
I’m unsure whether the FTX crisis was the cause—it could also be how the team marketed the event (a big last push, maybe?) or norms around how early to apply to events. But FTX seems plausible.
I don’t have the data on no-shows to hand but the rate also seems slightly higher to me, based on eyeballing leftover badges/people admitted (an imperfect measure).
I still think many of the norms suggested here are reasonable asks, even if Berkeley was unusual in some ways.
I suspect that students had more hesitations about EAGx Berkeley than about other EAGxs because of end-of-semester timing (e.g. concurrent with exam preparation). One third of the undergrads whom I encouraged to apply ended up skipping the event citing the time conflict with schoolwork. Thus, the end-of-semester timing seems to explain some of the procrastination and absentees.