Word: statuses
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...case of sibling admissions, this “feather in the scale” is even lighter. Lewis suggests that, for some admissions committee members, sibling status is a “tiebreaker” whereas for others it has no influence. Although the committee has not recorded statistics regarding sibling admissions, she surmises that their acceptance rate is higher than average, primarily because the siblings “tend to be pretty well self-selected as candidates.” Lewis warns that the “tip” is only considered when two applicants are otherwise indistinguishable...
Years ago, a young Bostonian’s quest for status began the moment he enrolled at Harvard. He needed to enter the right final club, the right country club, the right Boston club, the boards of the right charities and finally, if he reached the ziggurat of Boston society, Harvard’s almighty Board of Overseers. His children would, in their turn, need to go to the right boarding schools, join the right societies and know whether or not the right wines were being served at the right time...
...very least, this justification for the Fay Prize's single-sex status is no more tenuous than the justification for maintaining the Frothingham's prize criteria of "manliness." In fact, by targeting the Fay Prize before deciding to reconsider the Frothingham, the administration revealed an intent colored more by institutional rivalry than gender equality. The Crimson staff's intent, to eliminate sexism everywhere, is more noble, but in this case is clearly misguided...
Anticipating your grandchild's growth is not easy, but planning for your future self is no less complicated. I was reminded of this fact recently when I ran across the four-year course schedule I'd submitted for advanced standing status my first year, and realized just how far I've diverged from it. My concentration was the same, my rationale made sense, the principles applied, and yet the reality was completely different...
...conference continued on Saturday with an address by Nancy Hopkins '64, chair of the committee that wrote the MIT report on the status of women faculty in science...