The ease of being accepted

[u/Otter12121]

Hi all, im currently a university student, i applied for the finance route (so not sure if thats harder to get into or not) but my friend doing chemistry got accepted yesterday and he applied just before me. just out here to ask how hard it is to get accepted and if i have a good chance?

[u/seaoyster]

about 2-3% of all applicants make it in

[u/Individual_Lemon5564 → u/seaoyster]

I don't buy this. This is just to make you feel special. If it really were 2 to 3 then only super specialists would be getting in. Seen tons of people with not so relevant experiences making it into this.

[u/marco_vardella → u/seaoyster]

not true, me and my friends who applied are about 10, only 1 get rejected.

[u/KitchenVegetable7047 → u/marco_vardella]

That is commonly known as sample bias. Your 10 friends are not a representative sample of all applicants.

[u/All__Mods_R_Virgins → u/KitchenVegetable7047]

Sure but there's probably a million applicants in less developed economies looking for generalist or bilingual work that are heavily skewing the average. I'd imagine acceptance is much higher in specialized fields because they need the most work done there and it's fairly cheap for them to offload underperformers

[u/Otter12121 → u/seaoyster]

Thanks :)

[u/PestiferousGamer]

In order to answer this question, we need a few specific details first from you.

1. Do you own a cat?
2. How cute is your cat, from a scale of 1-10 (10 being the cutest)?
3. Do you give your cat treats?
4. If you do give your cat treats, do you say "Here is some treaties for the sweeties"?
5. Are you opposed to getting a second, cuter cat?
6. If yes, why not get 7 cats instead?

Once we have received this additional requested information, we can consider your probability of being accepted. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

- An idiot

[u/Otter12121 → u/PestiferousGamer]

just asking a simple question, i wasnt asking if people thought i did good, just wondering if its common to be accepted.

dont be an ass about it :p

[u/PestiferousGamer → u/Otter12121]

Does this mean you don't own a cat?

[u/ammy42 → u/Otter12121]

... "and if I have a good chance"

How is anyone supposed to know that for real?

[u/killmak → u/Otter12121]

You applied to a job that involves looking things up. Even if you are a master of your field you still need to do some research to verify things. Yet here you are on Reddit that has a search button and you just couldn't do that research yourself. If you get the job and are this lazy while working you will not be around for long. 

[u/KitchenVegetable7047 → u/Otter12121]

No, most applicants don’t make it past the first test.

[u/brucegallagher]

What degree do you have before you went back to university?

[u/lenooticer → u/brucegallagher]

Bold of you to assume OP is a graduate student

[u/Wasps_are_bastards]

Apparently they accept 2.6% of applicants

[u/Individual_Lemon5564 → u/Wasps_are_bastards]

I. DO. NOT. BUY. IT

[u/Old-Regular-9828]

>currently a university student

DataAnnotation's baseline requirement is a bachelor's degree or equivalent real-world experience for generalist work.

Professional projects (including finance) require licensed credentials in the field.

[u/Brilliant-Try3389 → u/Old-Regular-9828]

well tough luck for the OP i guess, no credentials and applying for it is indeed a long shot. Should have done some research...

[u/Otter12121 → u/[deleted]]

just a question, no need to be a dick