How does an advisor pick students for a PhD program? It’s less about picking, and more about matching.
The PhD market is very much a market where there is supply and demand of “people.” There are two sides to the market, and the problem is less of a “picking” issue and more of a “matching” issue between the players and both sides of the market.
do you want both sides to be excited to work together because they match effectively.
So the goal is to find a good match, much like in a marriage.
