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Working through a calculus problem set while keeping a watchful eye on the screen, Sammy Ford '04 of Texas, said that he was "motivated...because I would not trust George W. to make life or death decisions about our country...
...know the calculus by now. A slowing economy is just what Greenspan wanted, because it keeps inflation at bay. And that means in December, with a suspenseful spring ahead, Uncle Alan will probably spare the markets another interest-rate hike. Which means cheaper money, more corporate investment - the whole bag of tricks that these markets love so well...
...even if you didn't study calculus in the ninth grade, there are steps you can take at application time to better your odds. Last spring three of the country's most selective schools--Rice University, Bowdoin College and Cornell University--allowed TIME behind the closed doors of their admissions deliberations. The one stipulation: that TIME not use the names or certain identifying characteristics of kids like Theater Boy. The insights we gleaned won't substitute for top scores and grades. But they did puncture some of the myths that often prevent an applicant from winning admission...
...elite schools have moved aggressively to recruit at minority high schools--and even to improve the performance of students who are graduating from them. This year the U.C. system will spend $250 million on outreach, from installing tutors at low-income schools to inviting high school teachers to summer calculus seminars. --By Amanda Ripley. Reported by Flora Tartakovsky/Houston and David Nordan/Atlanta
...even if you didn't take calculus in the ninth grade, there are steps you can take at application time to better your odds. Last spring three of the country's most selective schools - Rice University, Bowdoin College and Cornell University - allowed TIME behind the closed doors of their admissions deliberations. The one stipulation: that TIME not use the names or certain identifying characteristics of kids like Theater Boy. The insights we gleaned won't substitute for top scores and grades. But they did puncture some of the myths that often prevent an applicant from winning admission...