Chairs Shuffling

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What's happening at Columbia?

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(11-26-2019, 04:46 PM)Guest Wrote: What's happening at Columbia?

Guy McKhann taking over?

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going to be a BIG shakeup in cali chairman soon...word is an up and coming chairman at a socal program is signing a contract at Stanford. I have a good source.

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(11-27-2019, 03:26 AM)Guest Wrote: going to be a BIG shakeup in cali chairman soon...word is an up and coming chairman at a socal program is signing a contract at Stanford. I have a good source.

Khaleesi?

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(11-27-2019, 09:13 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 03:26 AM)Guest Wrote: going to be a BIG shakeup in cali chairman soon...word is an up and coming chairman at a socal program is signing a contract at Stanford. I have a good source.

Khaleesi?

Linda liau

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(11-27-2019, 09:26 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:13 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 03:26 AM)Guest Wrote: going to be a BIG shakeup in cali chairman soon...word is an up and coming chairman at a socal program is signing a contract at Stanford. I have a good source.

Khaleesi?

Linda liau

Makes sense with her Stanford roots. Wonder how this will affect the ranking of UCLA this year.

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(11-27-2019, 09:42 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:26 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:13 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 03:26 AM)Guest Wrote: going to be a BIG shakeup in cali chairman soon...word is an up and coming chairman at a socal program is signing a contract at Stanford. I have a good source.

Khaleesi?

Linda liau

Makes sense with her Stanford roots. Wonder how this will affect the ranking of UCLA this year.

Bahaha A chair doesn’t determine ranking of a place you MS1

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(11-27-2019, 10:22 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:42 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:26 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:13 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 03:26 AM)Guest Wrote: going to be a BIG shakeup in cali chairman soon...word is an up and coming chairman at a socal program is signing a contract at Stanford. I have a good source.

Khaleesi?

Linda liau

Makes sense with her Stanford roots. Wonder how this will affect the ranking of UCLA this year.

Bahaha A chair doesn’t determine ranking of a place you MS1

Not true at all you arrogant idiot. It absolutely does affect the way a thoughtful applicant approaches the match. With an unknown chair, it causes significant uncertainty in where the department and program will be over the next 7 years.

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(11-27-2019, 10:52 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 10:22 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:42 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:26 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:13 AM)Guest Wrote: Khaleesi?

Linda liau

Makes sense with her Stanford roots. Wonder how this will affect the ranking of UCLA this year.

Bahaha A chair doesn’t determine ranking of a place you MS1

Not true at all you arrogant idiot. It absolutely does affect the way a thoughtful applicant approaches the match. With an unknown chair, it causes significant uncertainty in where the department and program will be over the next 7 years.

It's a lazy heuristic for training quality and stability. Who else might be getting poached or is looking? If you don't think there will be uncertainty based on what you think you know about a given chair, you're wrong. There might be less uncertainty, but how much, really? Here's what you should do since apparently you have the data (bolded in the quote): write it up, put it in JNS, and maybe a chair with a "big" enough name that you are willing to debase yourself for will offer you a preresidency fellowship with a strong possibility of a generic recommendation letter.

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(11-27-2019, 01:26 PM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 10:52 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 10:22 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:42 AM)Guest Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:26 AM)Guest Wrote: Linda liau

Makes sense with her Stanford roots. Wonder how this will affect the ranking of UCLA this year.

Bahaha A chair doesn’t determine ranking of a place you MS1

Not true at all you arrogant idiot. It absolutely does affect the way a thoughtful applicant approaches the match. With an unknown chair, it causes significant uncertainty in where the department and program will be over the next 7 years.

It's a lazy heuristic for training quality and stability. Who else might be getting poached or is looking? If you don't think there will be uncertainty based on what you think you know about a given chair, you're wrong. There might be less uncertainty, but how much, really? Here's what you should do since apparently you have the data (bolded in the quote): write it up, put it in JNS, and maybe a chair with a "big" enough name that you are willing to debase yourself for will offer you a preresidency fellowship with a strong possibility of a generic recommendation letter.

The uncertainty during a chairman switch varies by institution. If the program is very well established, it will barely affect things, if it less well established then it can cause a bigger issue. Several recent examples of this, but don’t want to call places out though.

BTW: stop being so emotional