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Originally Posted by TheBrothersKaramazov
I'd say each class has at most 8 or 9.. with many of the upper year classes smaller. High attrition in that people leave of their own free will. Only 1 person was kicked out in the last 5(?) years due to failing the prelims 3 times. Alot of people choose to go back to their home country, or are already committed to other jobs (eg. at central banks or government), and will not be counted as on the job market. We have also had a handful of phd students who got pregnant and are now taking longer than expected. Finally, some students become too focused on lecturing, and aren't making progress towards their dissertation.
As an aside, it seems that the people who did well on the job market this year are those who taught courses (not just TA'd). Their academic placements were significantly better.
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Make sense. Those are already hired do not have to be on the job market. Also, if almost all students pass qualifying exam, it is a good news. I hate the kind of schools whick kicks nearly 50% of their first year students out of the school. Even one of my friends, who are a 3rd year Ph.D student at UT Austin, are made to stop study because his field paper was not qualified. It is horrible...
Thank you for all the information.