One thing that bothers me the most is our rejection process seems pretty opaque?
We’re a community that prides itself on transparency, assuming no info hazards, because of how instrumentally helpful said transparency can be.
I explained to an excited young bright-eyed philanthropically-minded newcomer to EA this week why he likely got rejected to EAG DC. He doesn’t really know the EA-basics so I explained that EAG rejects EA newcomers so attendees can avoid having the “what is EA” converasation for the millionth time. I then encouraged him that I’ll help make sure he can get in next year and that the EA Virtual programs are a great place to get started on his EA journey. Also EAGx’s exist with a lower barrier to entry.
He told me he appreciates my honesty in letting him know why he got rejected.
What bugs me right now is I shouldn’t have to encourage him or make him feel as if the rejection is “honest.” The rejection they receive should be doing that and transparently giving them advice on how not to get rejected again. Does the rejection right now just consist of an automated “sorry we have too many great applicants” and that’s all?
One thing that bothers me the most is our rejection process seems pretty opaque?
We’re a community that prides itself on transparency, assuming no info hazards, because of how instrumentally helpful said transparency can be.
I explained to an excited young bright-eyed philanthropically-minded newcomer to EA this week why he likely got rejected to EAG DC. He doesn’t really know the EA-basics so I explained that EAG rejects EA newcomers so attendees can avoid having the “what is EA” converasation for the millionth time. I then encouraged him that I’ll help make sure he can get in next year and that the EA Virtual programs are a great place to get started on his EA journey. Also EAGx’s exist with a lower barrier to entry.
He told me he appreciates my honesty in letting him know why he got rejected.
What bugs me right now is I shouldn’t have to encourage him or make him feel as if the rejection is “honest.” The rejection they receive should be doing that and transparently giving them advice on how not to get rejected again. Does the rejection right now just consist of an automated “sorry we have too many great applicants” and that’s all?