Publication Date
9-2004
Abstract
Potential applicants to graduate school find it difficult to predict, even approximately, which schools will accept them. We have created a predictive model of admissions decision-making, packaged in the form of a web page that allows students to enter their information and see a list of schools where they are likely to be accepted. This paper discusses the design of the model and the way its parameters were estimated. Interesting points include the way that weights are assigned dynamically to various factors based on the informativeness of each factor and on the applicant's relative strengths on each factor.
Comments
UTEP-CS-04-30.