How is the admission review process conducted?

RSI office reviews all applications. Only complete applications which meet the admission requirement are reviewed by the admissions committee.
Two committee members are randomly assigned to each application, accounting for conflict of interest.
A structured form and rankings are used for the evaluation of each application.
A current graduate student at RSI reviews all application to provide the student's perspective on a candidate.
The committee meets to review the applications.
A committee member whose student is being reviewed does not participate in the discussion.
Following the discussion, the chair seeks a consensus rating. The members of the committee comment if they feel the score is not consistent with the review of the application.
Unanimous decision is made by the committee to either:
a. Accept the student conditional confirmed supervisor and funding
b. Reject student