Engineering — what the record shows
159 coded decisions · read for the reasons cases fail, not to score you
How cases like this are judged
Of the 148 decisions in this profile that reached the merits, here is where each Dhanasar prong was found not established. 11 more never reached the merits and are not counted below.
Prong 1 — national importancenot established in 141 of 146 (97%)
131 of those were the deciding prong.
Prong 2 — well positionednot established in 9 of 13 (69%)
4 of those were the deciding prong.
Prong 3 — balance of factorsnot established in 2 of 5 (40%)
Where cases like this most often fail
What this profile cannot afford to skip
- ✓The relevant question is not the importance of the industry or profession in which the individual will work. The endeavor itself must have substantial merit and national importance, distinct from the field's general value.
- ✓Letters must name your specific endeavor and trace how your work shaped later work. Officers are trained that letters praising skills in general terms do not add value as evidence.
- ✓Citation counts alone are trained to be insufficient. Officers weigh a qualitative account of why the work matters. Show what the citing papers built on yours, not an h-index screenshot.
The appeal outcomes behind these numbers
Shareable finding
Engineering: "economic claims unsupported" cited in 129 of 159 coded decisions
159 coded decisions, 2016-2026 · economic claims unsupported in 129
Adjacent profiles
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Statistics from the coded record (2016–2026). Methodology