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Harvard’sunofficialearlyadmissionsprocessWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,PhotoCourtesy:HypathwayHarvard’sunofficialearlyadmissionsprocessBy ValerieStrauss,January20,2011,WashingtonPostHarvardUniversitydoesn’thaveanofficialearlyadmissionsprocess,butsomestudentsstilllearnbeforeeverybodyelsewhethertheyarebeinglookedonwithfavorbytheadmissionsfolks.Selectstudentsaroundthecountryarequietlyreceiv...[
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300‘LikelyLetters’SenttoClassof2015WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,PhotoCourtesy:HypathwayByJustinC.Worland,HarvardCRIMSONSTAFFWRITER,Feb15,2011HarvardCollegewillsendoutapproximately300“likelyletters”—thesamenumberthatitofferedlastyear—toapplicantsbytheendofthisyear’sadmissionscycle,DeanofAdmissionsandFinancialAidWilliamR.Fitzsimmons’67toldTheCrimsoninaninterviewlastweek.Thenoticesaretypi...[
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RecruitinginChinaPaysOffforU.S.Colleges
WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,PhotoCourtesy:HypathwayRecruitinginChinaPaysOffforU.S.CollegesByJACQUESSTEINBERGFebruary11,2011,NYT.GRINNELL,Iowa—Theglossycolorbrochures,eachcrammedwithphotosdepictingaChinesestudent’shigh-achievinglifefrombirthtoyoungadulthood,pileupintheadmissionsofficeatGrinnellCollegehere.“HiProfessors!”oneyoungwomanannouncedinhe...[
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With35,000Applications,EvenJFKMightNotGetintoHarvardJohnF.Kennedy(JFK),the35thPresidentoftheUnitedStates.Hypathway’sNotes:Readingthispieceallowsmetosaythatinhiscollegeapplication,thisliberalicon,PresidentKennedy,wasneverbetterthanGeorgeW.BushwhoeverybodywasawarethathegainedallofhisadvantagesfromAndovertoYalethroughhisfamilyconnection.JFKranked“inthethirdquartileofhisclass”andhadaGPAof68whenhe...[
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Harvardconsidersreinstatingearlyadmissions
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Hypathway’sNotes:ThisnewsstrikesuswithasurpriseinwhichHarvardisconsideringtoreinstateitsearlyadmissionprogram.Harvardwastryingtoclinchamoralgroundbyeliminatingitsnon-bindingearlyactionprogramin2006.Numerousresearchesdemonstratedthatearlyprograms,particularlytheearlydecision,benefitthestuden...[
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TheSATIstoAmericaas____IstoChinaWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,PhotoCourtesy:Fishville
Mainlandapplicantshavetotakethetestabroad.TheU.S.CollegeBoardwantstochangethatByDanielGolden,BloombergBusinessweek,February3,2010.AsahighschoolstudentinBeijing,XiZhaoclearedahurdleapplyingtoU.S.collegesthatAmericansdon'tface.TheSATcollege-entranceexamisn'tofferedinmainlandChina,soZhaoflewtoHongKongandSouth...[
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HowIStoleaYaleChairConfessionofaLawSchoolgraduate
ByBrandtGoldstein’92JD,January/February2011,YaleAlumniMagazine
BrandtGoldstein’92JD,theauthorof StormingtheCourt, isatworkonanonfictionlegalthrillerandanovel.After20years,it'stimetocomeclean. AsIwritethesewords,I’msittingonachairstolenfromYale.Ididn’tstealit—atleastnotatfirst.Thechaircamewiththeapartmenttha...[
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16inchesmoreatYalePostedby MarkAldenBranch'86on January27,2011,11:33am.YaleAlumniMagazineonlineLetitsnow,letit...ohforPete’ssakemakeitstop!Another16inchesofsnowfellonthecampuslastnight,addingtothefootormorethatisalreadyonthegroundinmostplaces.ProvostPeterSalovey’86PhDencouragedstafftostayhomeuntil10:30a.m.toallowforclean-upefforts.Thecampusshuttlebusserviceissuspended,andnotmuchism...[
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ChinavsAmerica:TheendoftheendofhistoryJan18th2011,21:52byM.S.TheEconomist.FRANCISFUKUYAMA'S1990article"TheEndofHistory"profoundlyshapedmypoliticalidentity:Ithoughtitwassocompletelywrong-headedthatIspentweeksworkingoutthemanywaysinwhichIdisagreed.IfounditextremelyimplausiblethatFriedrichHegelhadsimplyfiguredoutthedirectionofhumanpoliticalevolutionintheearly19thcentury,andthateverythinge...[
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USdemocracyhaslittletoteachChinaByFrancisFukuyama,FinancialTimes,January17201119:54Thefirstdecadeofthe21-centuryhasseenadramaticreversaloffortuneintherelativeprestigeofdifferentpoliticalandeconomicmodels.Tenyearsago,ontheeveofthepuncturingofthedotcombubble,theUSheldthehighground.Itsdemocracywaswidelyemulated,ifnotalwaysloved;itstechnologywassweepingtheworld;andlightlyregulated“Anglo-Saxon”capi...[
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