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While the College’s need-blind admissions policy assures low-income candidates that financial need will not jeopardize their chances of acceptance, it is not necessarily enough to overcome their reservations about applying. High school guidance counselors and Harvard’s elitist reputation often discourage low-income students from applying because they may have weaker high school preparation or lower standardized test scores such as those on AP exams or the SATs, which are often correlated with family income. Students may well be standouts at Harvard despite those scores, and to its credit, the admissions office insists...
...also noted that Harvard admissions is need-blind and offers its own grants to students in addition to federal programs...
...drink his beer. “I’ve been giving the porter out to people,” he says, but a lot of them “think it’s going to be some Arkansas bathtub bullshit deal that will make them go blind.” One thing Haller wins points for, though, is his safety-consciousness. The judges are impressed that Haller boiled all his bottles to sterilize them, which, he notes, “is a huge pain...
...SECOND OPINION: Not always. Researchers at last week's annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America announced the results of a rigorous, double-blind, randomized clinical trial. They gave 222 volunteers a year's supply of either antimicrobial or regular soap. At the end of the trial, folks who used the antibacterials had about as many germs on their hands as those who used ordinary soap...
EXTRA BAGGAGE Ticket agents used to turn a blind eye to oversize or excess luggage. Now they charge for it, up to $80 for each offense...