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...says admissions officers keep in mind that overzealous parents, rather than the applicants, may be behind the extra efforts to influence the outcome...
Good to their somewhat degrading word, HoCo chairs checked each first-year girl’s ID as she entered the dance, crossing her name off their list. This extra step caused a small line to form as many finished pre-gaming and tried to push their way in around midnight. Two stoic police officers regulated while the HoCo frantically tried to make sure each person was paying—or not paying—the correct amount. Girls standing in line took stock of each other’s outfits, whispering cattily to their friends when spying a particularly...
...such, many have already forgotten whatever material was learned just last semester. What sticks are our experiences with other people—in organizations, on teams, in friendships and in relationships. That, and not how we perform in sophomore tutorial, is what we will remember when we graduate. Our extra-curriculars are so much of a better account of our selves than our classes are that, stepping back, it seems odd that anyone would attempt to define so much of our character by sheer academic performance. What, exactly, can you tell about a person with a 15.0 GPA? That they...
...human-machine interactions formed the basis of PEAR’s studies, the PEAR lab also pursues research in other less-explored scientific fields. Another branch of PEAR’s studies, for instance, focuses on the human capacity for remote perception—what a layman might call extra sensory perception...
Lagemann’s extensive experience in the field of education made persuading her to come to Harvard worth extra effort, Summers said...