phdtaketaketake

Score a PhD applicant's profile and rank candidate advisors using a connection-first 4.0-scale scoring system. Best-supported for physics / HEP and materials science (MSE), with the scoring engine extensible to chemistry, biology, CS, math, EE, ChemE, earth science (each with field-specific caveats — see references/journal_tiers.md). Use when the user wants to evaluate their PhD application chances, find matching advisors at top US programs, score a CV for graduate school, or compare candidate professors. Also triggers when the user mentions phdtaketaketake or its connection-first philosophy of valuing advisor network over h-index.