Word: alumnus
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...pressures of competition at Harvard, which one alumnus termed a "sink or swim" situation, was a popular topic for the panelists. Landers said that "a lot of it comes from the students themselves," and not from the faculty...
...closer look at the figures reveals that Brown may not have worked 48 per cent harder than Harvard. Rather, Brown was just lucky enough to have an alumnus die, leaving it a $4 million bequest...
Although Peterson said he does not think the report will be "too corporate," one alumnus who has already read the gallies of "The Almanac," complained that the letters from the deans are "written in corporatese rather than journalese...
...candidate could also come from one of the special groups that get a little extra consideration in the process. All things being equal, for example, the son or daughter of an alumnus has a better chance of getting into Harvard or Radcliffe than another candidate. The child of a Faculty member has an even better chance. And admissions officials don't deny these preferences--they are University policy...
Minority students are also treated a little differently, though they don't get the same kind of outright preference that an alumnus' child receives. There are no quotas or target figures, though officials keep a close count on the number of minority students in the class...