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Over the last few years, college applicants have increasingly considered early programs an attractive application method; early notification of admittance can settle a student’s worries about acceptance and eliminate the burden of additional applications. Yet not all early programs are created equal. Binding Early Decision programs limit student choice and instead favor colleges by allowing them to choose with certainly a subsection of applicants who will be required to enroll. In contrast, Early Action programs are non-binding; they thus provide flexibility, allowing students to apply to other colleges without the added pressure of a matriculation obligation...
...This is an award for institutions, not for individuals alone. We don’t think scholarship is carried out in a hermetically-sealed environment. So Harvard is an equal player in this,” Zuckerman said...
...students expressed an equal amount of respect for the opinions of the Faculty...
...Equal credit goes to director Curtis Hanson and producer Brian Grazer for making 8 Mile what the Spears and Carey films failed to be: a moderately engaging, not entirely frivolous portrait of a troubled young musician sculpting an identity out of conflicting ambitions and personal limitations. Also present are a plethora of clichés—condemnations from disapproving loved ones, initial performance anxiety and closing credits that just happen to be accompanied by the musician’s most recent single. Despite all this, 8 Mile capitalizes on its strong supporting cast and top notch production values...
Though several defensive players said they have equal confidence with either of the goaltenders in the net, there are differences between the two that don’t show up in the box score...