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[–] sukhmel 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not everywhere, I guess. The advisor needs to show good numbers to the ~~stakeholders~~ board, after all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think that's on the entrance selection committee, not the supervisor. (Although they are probably part of that committee)

[–] sukhmel 2 points 6 months ago

I don't know for sure, but my advisor used to worry about the amount of successful PhD graduates, because of the department quota, iirc

on the other handhis quota was not too high, and he allowed me to enroll and was okay with me, although I said in advance that I will likely become a drop out