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...addition, there is a “presumptive floor” set by the League to strongly discourage schools to admit anyone below a certain AI score regardless of athletic prowess. This figure is currently 169, and varies depending on how frequently the SAT is recentered or refigured...
...order to admit a student falling below the presumptive floor, an Ivy school must justify the decision to the entire League on the basis of extenuating academic discrepancies or character strengths of the applicant. According to Fitzsimmons, this rarely happens and schools tend to stop considering an applicant if his or her AI score is below the presumptive floor...
Pressed to recall if Harvard had ever violated the presumptive floor to admit a candidate to the school, Fitzsimmons mentioned a case nearly a generation...
...fact, the class has recently been dominated by Harvard students, historically known for their hip-hoppin, ass-shakin’ abilities. Ryan G. White ’04 and Rory S. Donald ’04 are taking a proactive stance to ameliorate their lack of rhythm and admit that they come to Santoro’s class to learn steps they can bust out at parties. “Dancing is important at parties,” said Donald, adding, “Girls like a good dancer.” Simply put, White says he comes because...
...Many times, terror warnings are issued because the intelligence "noise" has gotten louder. More reports - confirmed or unconfirmed - are pouring into intelligence organizations about terrorists on the move, so the agencies conclude that something must be up, though they don't know what. Intelligence officials also admit that sophisticated organizations like bin Laden's often will have operatives intentionally create noise - like making cellphone calls they know spy satellites will intercept - just to flush out what the spy agencies have arrayed against them...