Legacy admissions, also known as legacy preferences or alumni connections, refers to a boost in a prospective student’s odds of admission to a college just because the applicant is related to an alumnus. For decades, somecollegeshave given students who are related to alumni preferential treatm...
Admissions Why Linfield? Good question, and we’re glad you asked! Throughout its long history, Linfield Christian School has cultivated an inclusive community focused on academics and committed to faith. But Linfield is not only distinctive because of its dedication to scholarship and discipleship;...
Instead, there were bizarre trailer-park narratives (in fact, Eminem was living in a trailer months after the record was released), admissions of suicidal ideation ("That’s why I write songs where I die at the end," he explained on "Cum on Everybody"), memories of a neglectful mother...
Open Document The military is an exciting profession; it has given me the opportunity to station in 4 states and also served oversea, in three different countries. Currently station in Maryland, then deploy to Kosovo in support of KFOR22 NATO mission, I do not know where my next duty assig...
Morally defending your position in a racially unequal society requires the fierce protection of your self-image as a person who earns everything you receive. From the tradition that trade unions make a place for members’ sons and legacy admissions at colleges to college students who can choose ...
GMAT percentiles are calculated by GMAC, the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which owns and operates the GMAT. In the Legacy version of the GMAT, they compare your scaled Quant and scaled Verbal scores, which have score ranges from 6 to 51, to other test takers. This is separate ...
Today, data science and AI models are being used to make decisions that have long-lasting impact on people’s lives, ranging from university admissions and loan approvals to medical decision-support. We need to ensure that AI systems follow ethical guidelines that serve to anticipate, and m...
The rescue dog is now, indisputably, a luxury good, without a market pricing system at work to manage demand. A better analogy might be an Ivy League admissions office. But even Harvard isn’t forced to be as picky as, say, Korean K9 Rescue, whose average monthly applications tripled in...
Perhaps such comparisons are a hazard of any reunion, but at Wellesley the bar is high. I remember my interview at Wellesley fifty-four years ago. On a table in the admissions office was a Chinese vase given by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, a Wellesley graduate. As the daughter of a name-dro...
Colleges have good reason for taking demonstrated interest into account as they make their admissions decisions. For obvious reasons, schools want to enroll students who are eager to attend. Such students are likely to have a positive attitude toward the college, and they are less likely totransfe...