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Inevitably, as the odd-length modules are fitted into the school day, some students find segments of free time hanging heavy on their hands. And that time is often misused or wasted. But most schools that have tried 54 are convinced that its flexibility offers more than enough to match...
In the 600-page computer compilation of the applicants to a Harvard College class, there are a dozen numbers listed under each applicant's name. One of these is the "personal" rating--a number from one to six based on an evaluation of the essay the student writes, the report...
This does not mean that the 24-man admissions committee--composed of staff and a varying number of Faculty--has only to rate its 7000 applicants on "personality," and then simply accept the 1400 or so with the highest ratings; for example, no student will be accepted unless the committee...
Twelve or more hours a day, seven days a week in March and early April, advocates argue and re-argue their cases, votes are called, applicants are disposed of. As an advocate argues, the Dean pencils notes into his seveninch thick looseleaf filled with computer forms. In the notebook used...
After all the numerical parameters are available, a computer examines the evidence and announces an approximate quota for each docket, based on how many were admitted from this docket last year and how the numerical evaluations of this year's students in the docket compare with this year's applicants...