HARVARDBEATSYALE29-29Hypathway'sNotes:Haveyouhadachancetowatchthisyear'sboringWorldCupfinal? IfyoudohavetastedtheSpanishstyleinwinningasinglegoalatthelastmomentintheirtrademarkofnumerous1-0wins,thenyouwouldmoreappreciatetheexcitementofAmerica'sfootball."HarvardBeatsYale29-29"isadocumentarymovierecordingwhatwascalledthemostfamousfootballinthehistoryofIvyLeaguebetweenthetwotradition...[
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Relatedpost: 美国统治阶层的培养ByCatherineRampell,July16,2010,NewYorkTimes IfElenaKaganisconfirmedasthenextSupremeCourtjustice,theentirecourtwillhaveattendedeitherYaleorHarvardforlawschool.HarvardandYalehaveofficiallytakenoverthenation’shighestcourt.AsaproudPrincetonian,IadmittoboastingonoccasionthatthethreemostrecentSupreme...[
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America'sMostExpensiveCollegesColumbiaUniversity,NewYork.PhotoCourtesy:Hypathway.Hypathway'sNotes:ForthoseofuswhohadaprivilegetohaveachildintheUnitedStates,wehadachancetogotothedeliveryroomtoseethemomentofourdaughterorsoncomingtothenewworld.Sometimestheobstetricianevenallowedthefathercuttheplacentalcord,thevascularstructuresthatsupplythenutrientsfromthemomtothefetusforapproximatetenmonthsduringt...[
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20StrangeCollegeApplicationEssayQuestions Lucerne,Switzerland,Photocourtesy:Hypathway.Hypathway'sNotes:WritingessaysisacriticalstepinthecollegeapplicationprocessintheUnitedStates.Unlikeregularstateuniversitieswheretheyinitiallyusethestandardizedtestingscorestocutoffthemassiveapplications,theeliteprivatecollegessuchastheIviesorStanfordUniversityhavethefinancialmeanstohirealargeadmissionstaff...[
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Collegeadmissionstatisticsfortheclassof2014WashingtonUniversityinSt.LouisHypathway'sNotes:NewYorkTimes(NYT)hascollectedadmissionstatisticdatafromindividualcollegesafterthefinishofeachadmissioncycles.Thefollowingtablecontainsthisyear(2010)'sadmitrates,yieldratesaswellasthewaitinglistinformationfrommorethanonehundredcollegeswhichhavevoluntarilyreleasedtheirnumberstotheTimes.Itwouldbeservingasavalu...[
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DealoftheCenturyWestCampusofYaleUniversityByMarkAldenBranch’86,September/October2010,YaleAlumniMagazine.MarkAldenBranch’86isexecutiveeditoroftheYaleAlumniMagazine.WhenYalegotachanceatabilliondollars’worthoflandandscientificinfrastructurefortencentsonthedollar,theyboughtfirstandaskedquestionslater.Now,theWestCampusisstartingtotakeshape.ThefirstthingyounoticewhenyouvisitYale’snewWestCampus—af...[
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NationalResearchCouncilrankingonthegraduateprogramsintheUnitedStatesBranfordCollege,YaleUniversity.PhotoCourtesy:HypathwayHypathway'sNotes:TheannualreleasedrankingsfromU.S.News&WorldReportswerefocusedontheundergraduateorcollege,aswellastheprofessionalschoolssuchasmedical,law,businessorengineeringschools.USNewshasalsotriedtoranktheindividualgraduateprograms,butitwastoocomplicatedforacommercia...[
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WhyYaleFavorsItsOwnLegacylistfroma1933YaleAlumniWeekly.November/December2004,YaleAlumniMagazine.
YaleUniversityPresidentRickLevin'74PhDwasinterviewedbyKathrinLassila'81,adaughteroftwoYalePhDsY:LastAugust,PresidentBushsaidthepracticeofgivinglegacies—childrenofalumni—anedgeincollegeadmissionsshouldbeabolished.WhatisYale'spolicy?Isthereaspecificdirectivetotheadmissionsoffice?L:There'snotaspec...[
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LeaveBehind(a)Legacy HarvardUniversityByDanielJ.Hemel,June6,2007,TheHarvardCrimsonAtHarvard’sfirstCommencementceremonyin1642,theninegraduatesprovedtheirproficiencyinthreeancienttongueswithLatinandGreekorationsaswellasa“HebrewAnalysisGrammatical,LogicallandRhetoricallofthePsalms.”AccordingtoHarvardhistorianSamuelEliotMorrison,Classof1908,thegraduatesandtheirguestsretiredtothemesshallat11a...[
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AffirmativeActionIsJustaDistraction ByShelbySteele,TheWashingtonPost,Sunday,July26,2009
America'swaroveraffirmativeactionhasgoneonlongerthananyofthecountry'smilitaryconflicts,andoverthedecadeseachsideofthisdebatehasspawnedavastliteratureofargument.SoIfeelsomedreadinseeingthedebatenewlyenlivenedtoday.YettheSotomayornomination,theSupremeCourt'sdecisionintheRiccicaseandtheelectionofourfirs...[
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