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(2010-11-28 09:32:43)

Chinaonmymind2001YaleBaccalaureateAddressByYaleUniversityPresidentRichardC.Levin,May20,2001.YaleUniversityYouarethethreehundredthclasstograduatefromYaleCollege,orsoitwillsayintomorrow'sCommencementprogram.Someofthemoremathematicallyinclinedamongyoumightwonder:howcouldthisbeso?IfYaleCollegeis300yearsoldthisyear,andittakesfouryearstograduate,whyisn'tthisthe297thcommencement?Thesurprisinganswertoth...[阅读全文]
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FreshmanAddress:PreparingforGlobalCitizenshipYalePresidentRichardC.Levin
September2,2006
YaleUniversityMembersoftheclassof2010,IamdelightedtojoinDeanSaloveyinwelcomingyoutoYaleCollege.AndIwanttoextendawarmwelcomealsototheparents,relatives,andfriendswhohaveaccompaniedyouhere.Totheparentsespecially,Iwanttosaythankyouforentrustingyourverytalentedandpromisingchildrentous.Theyaregoingtohaveag...[阅读全文]
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GettingIntoMedSchoolWithoutHardSciences WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicineinSt.LouisByAnemonaHartochllis,NewYorkTimes,July29,2010.Forgenerationsofpre-medstudents,threethingshavebeenascertainasdeathandtaxes:organicchemistry,physicsandtheMedicalCollegeAdmissionTest,knownbyitsdread-inducingacronym,theMCAT.SoitcameasatotalshocktoElizabethAdlerwhenshediscovered,throughasin...[阅读全文]
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JohnStossel:I'mPoliticallyIncorrectLucerne,Switzerland,Photocourtesy:Hypathway.Hypathway'sNotes:AffirmativeactionhasbeenremainedacontroversialtopicintheUnitedStates.Bylawitprovidesasignificantpreferencetotheminoritystudents(African,LatinosandNativeAmericans)intheprocessofcollegeadmission. Thesethreegroupscomposeaboutone-thirdofthetotalU.S.population.Severalsociologicalstudieshaveconcludedth...[阅读全文]
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Princeton'sVictoryOverGradeInflation NassauHall,PrincetonUniversity Hypathway'sNotes:Among theBigThree(H,Y,andP),Princetonistheonlyschoolthatmadea seriousefforttocontrolthegradeinflation,aphenomenonspreading acrosstheuniversitiesandcollegesintheUnitedStates.Ihaveread manycomplaintsfromPrinceton undergraduatesontheirgradedeflationthatcoulddamagetheir opportunitiesona...[阅读全文]
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(2010-11-18 17:03:31)

InterviewTipsfromaCollegeInterviewerCornellUniversity,Ithaca,NewYork.Hypathway'sNotes:Interviewisanintegratedpartofthewholecollegeapplicationprocess,particularlyfortheelitecollegesintheUnitedStates.Therewereinterviewsconductinginsideoroutsideofthecampus.Intheolddayswhendiscriminationwasacommonpractice,interviewerswererequiredtogatherinformationonapplicant’sethnicbackgroundandevendescribetheappl...[阅读全文]
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IvoryTowerIntrigues
Thepseudo-meritocracyoftheIvyLeague
  
ByJamesTraub,Oct24,2005,SlateThankstoJeromeKarabel,authorofTheChosen,IknownowagreatdealmoreaboutthecircumstancessurroundingmyadmissiontoHarvardin1972thanIeverwantedtoknow.IunderstoodeventhenthatmyunimpressiveacademicrecordwouldnothaveputmeoverthetophadmyfathernotattendedHarvard.ButInowknowthatinthelate1960sandearly1...[阅读全文]
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(2010-11-17 18:32:01)

AssessingAdmissionsWhygainingaccesstoeliteuniversitiesissuchsharplycontestedgroundByChristopherAvery,May-June,2006,HarvardMagazineInhisnewbook,TheChosen,JeromeKarabel’72,Ph.D.’77,offersaprovocativeaccountofundergraduateadmissionsatHarvard,Princeton,andYalefromthelate1800stothepresent—aperiodwhenthe“BigThree”weretransformedbytheadditionofrepresentativenumbersofwomen,minorities,andotherswhoco...[阅读全文]
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ScoreChoiceisthewrongchoiceOldArtGallery(1927),YaleUniversityYalewasrighttorejecttheCollegeBoard’snewoptiontoallowapplicantstosendonlytheirbestscoreontheSAT.YaleDailyNewsEditorial,January16,2009YaleannouncedyesterdayitwillnotaccepttheCollegeBoard’snewScoreChoiceoptionfortheSAT—amovethatcorrectlyrecognizesthattheoptionwillelevate,notreduce,thecollegeadmissionfrenzy.Thenewoptionwouldallowstuden...[阅读全文]
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ScoreChoice:SATscore-reportingpolicyHarknessTower,YaleUniversityHypathway'sNotes:CollegeBoarddecidedtochangeitsSATscore-reportingpolicytoallowstudentstosendtheirbestscoretocollegesfromasingletestdayresultofSATIorSATII.Theso-calledScoreChoicepolicystartinginMarch2009generatedadebateamongcolleges,someones(HarvardorMIT)accepteditbutsome(Yale,StanfordorPenn)rejecteditbyrequiringstudentstoreportallof...[阅读全文]
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