A person working as an assistant in your lab comes from a poor family and is really interested in doing a PhD. How best would you help this person get into the PhD programme at your institute?
(a)Talk to the head of the selection committee and request her to favour this candidate because he is hardworking and needy
(b)Help the candidate prepare well for the entrance exam by providing him with relevant textbooks
(c)Do nothing since it is up to him to get through the selection exam
(d)Fight with the committee members after the selection process to get this candidate into the selected list