the bad people apply over and over again everywhere
In general I’d agree that this is the case, but many fellowship mentors are publicly talking about the high standard of the applicants, which is evidence against the fellowship applicants just being the bad people cycling through the process over and over again.
I’m sure there’s some non-zero number of applicants who should not be accepted because they don’t meet the bar, but I still believe there’s some number of applicants who are turned away not because they’re bad, but because the fellowship has limited capacity and they weren’t in the top-k of applicants.
In general I’d agree that this is the case, but many fellowship mentors are publicly talking about the high standard of the applicants, which is evidence against the fellowship applicants just being the bad people cycling through the process over and over again.
I’m sure there’s some non-zero number of applicants who should not be accepted because they don’t meet the bar, but I still believe there’s some number of applicants who are turned away not because they’re bad, but because the fellowship has limited capacity and they weren’t in the top-k of applicants.