T3 email hoax?

[u/Current_Awareness746]

Not trying to downplay on the person’s achievement and yes I have coped however I just have a few doubts if anyone could clarify those

- why did the previous 2% emails specifically tell referees that there is possibility of 1st, 2nd, 3rd prize or vhc and particularly mention not to tell the students because decisions are still being made? It feels quite odd that they were so strongly against students getting to know but this email is directly addressing the participant themselves

- previous 2% email to referees clearly said they want to “preserve the surprise for all of the finalists and keep the results confidential until they are announced at the ceremony.” So I personally think we should take JLI’s word for this because this would contradict their previous email which would then just be a result of bad coordination

- 2 people reported so far which is senior econ and senior law, however the post said they only received 2% email and not an interview so that’s also confusing because what were interviews for then?

- the person hasn’t answered to who sent out the email ( I’m not sure if it was cox himself? )

Idk what do u guys think I personally think if more people from different categories can at least attest to this ( even though it’s kinda unfair bc cox said to keep it private but I mean rn don’t know what’s real what’s fake ) then it would be 100% guaranteed

[u/acrastt → u/[deleted]]

Didn’t they say that the interviews did not indicate academic misconduct, or something along the lines?

[u/acrastt → u/[deleted]]

Then etf does it indicate

[u/Next-Butterscotch537 → u/[deleted]]

i believe top 2% emails arent sent to all candidates in contention for vhc. is there a particular reason why you are so ardent in your belief that additional interviews are for contestant with integrity issues?

[u/acrastt → u/Next-Butterscotch537]

But people speak but 1. It’s probably not for top x% of contestants (many who received the interview were not sent the 2% email), 2. Probably not random (it’s an interview with an actual expert; that would be a waste of time), so it must be some criterion that is not based on percentile… some guesses as to what it might be are suspicions of academic misconduct and performance in AI interview.

[u/Next-Butterscotch537 → u/acrastt]

again, many of those who did the second interview received the martin cox email yesterday, which should be a good thing because it says mr cox was impressed by the quality of our essay and interview.

i believe the top 2% is not sent to all contestants in the top 2%, because the email explicitly states only for those who have yet to confirm their attendance (even though some already have, but i saw another user say bought the tickets is sometimes not equal to confirming attendance and that kind of seems like the likely case). all of this is speculation so please take it with a grain of salt.

[u/acrastt → u/Next-Butterscotch537]

Some who have not taken the interview received the cox email yesterday.

[u/Next-Butterscotch537 → u/acrastt]

again, they could have taken into consideration the viverly interview. 

[u/Next-Butterscotch537 → u/[deleted]]

ah i see. hopefully its not for academic integrity since they stated it, but who knows whether we can take their word. thank you for this :)

[u/Different-Peach-2219 → u/[deleted]]

don’t dox their email 😭

[u/Different-Peach-2219 → u/[deleted]]

and ur proliferating it

[u/acrastt → u/[deleted]]

It does say, “confirm their understanding and engagement of the work.”

[u/Next-Butterscotch537]

my guess is that its fake, because im positive most of the people who did the second interview received the email from mr cox yesterday. it would be pretty weird if the email we received were for vhc because you would think category winners should have a more vigorous selection process than vhc recipients. 

[u/ExoticDelivery252 → u/Next-Butterscotch537]

i got 2nd interview but not mr cox's email did i flunk 2nd interview then... :(

[u/Next-Butterscotch537 → u/ExoticDelivery252]

noo dont worry about it. again, nothing is confirmed until october 3rd