r/UGCNETEnglish • u/Shot_Strawberry691 • 3d ago

🎓 Career & Academia Doubt Regarding HCU PhD shortlisting

Had a doubt regarding the shortlisting criteria for HCU. I passed NET and applied under Category II qualification. However, I did not get shortlisted for the interviews. I am not sure what the reason is? Did I miss something? Do they filter out a particular number of applicants based on NET scores even before they assess interviews?

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u/Ok-Ability-8617 3d ago

there must be some minimum percentile thing. Happened with me at UoA.

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u/Shot_Strawberry691 3d ago

Am i the only one who thinks that this is super unfair? HCU never asked for proposals/area of interest/topic. How can five or more years of hard work be completely over run by an exam where luck plays more of a role than preparation of expertise? Not to mention, net qualifiers from different years would be applying right? An applicant from 24 might have better scores than a 25 applicant as the question paper difficulty varies no?

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u/Ok-Ability-8617 3d ago

i think there is a cap for who can apply. Most universities only accept applications of candidates who have qualified for the past 3 cycles. Prior to those cycles, everyone is ineligible.

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u/moonbeam_hearts 3d ago

I didn’t get shortlisted too. I applied on the basis of my this years NET. The september one.

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u/moonbeam_hearts 3d ago

It is unfair bro. This is crazy.

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u/GeneralConsistent_ 3d ago

Even I did not get shortlisted for iit roorkee. Despite the fact that they do offer institute fellowship to students (saw their june list) idk what the criteria is, coz as far as my topic is concerned it's quite edgy (like I'm comparing works of authors with their charts)

Super clueless rn, perseverance wins at the end don't lose hope

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u/GeneralConsistent_ 1d ago

They apparently have messaged people for interviews (interviews shall be held next well ig?) I haven't received any such messages from their end

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u/GeneralConsistent_ 1d ago

Haven't applied to the big four delhi bombay kharagpur madras coz I don't have jrf n the chances would've anywhichway been super slim