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...being particularly good at inducing. However, in New York City—as in many other cities across the country—rejection has become a large part of the high school application process as well. This year, according to The New York Times, nearly 15 percent of the eighth-graders applying for admission to New York City public schools were not admitted to any of their 12 choices, amounting to between 12,000 and 14,000 students. While the number is down from the 35,000 students not admitted last year, it is part of a large problem...
...pole vault was another strength for Harvard, which placed four women in the top eight. Freshman Erin Blackstock vaulted 3.35 meters to finish second, while junior Katherine Nishimura, freshman Clara Blattler and sophomore Michelle Behrens finished fifth, sixth and eighth, respectively...
...mile in 5:32.23. Freshman Chidimma Kalu led the Crimson in the 60-meter dash, finishing third in the preliminaries in 7.86 seconds before picking up fourth in the finals in 7.83 seconds. Freshman Owanaemi Briggs, who finished 12th in the 60-meter dash preliminaries, picked up an eighth-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.61 seconds...
Vaillancourt then pushed the decisive tally across with the seconds winding off the clock. Fed by Chu and senior defenseman Ashley Banfield inside the left faceoff circle, she slapped the winner past Shain for her eighth goal of the season...
NOTES: Last night’s victory was Harvard’s eighth in nine games. The Crimson has now won four straight...Bernakevitch returned to the lineup after missing three games with an inner-thigh contusion sustained on Nov. 26 against St. Lawrence. He skated on the first line with Cavanagh and freshman Mike Taylor...Harvard was 0-for-6 on the power play, dropping its conversion rate to 23.1 percent, fourth-best in the country...