Word: cents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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According to a random survey conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, 52.9 per cent of scholars polled picked their institution "because it was a good college." Eighteen per cent selected a college." Close to home," and 16.5 per cent chose one "recommended by friends...
...should also raise some statistical questions here. In general a Ph. D. does not necessarily lead to teaching As a matter of fact, in the last few years less than 50 per cent of the Ph. D.'s have gone into teaching, and in one field, chemistry, about one-quarter went into teaching...
...imply, that the Admissions Committee does not support the general thesis that students should be picked on the basis of their academic achievement alone. I recall hearing that there were 1200 students with aptitude scores in excess of 700 applying last year (700 means the top 1 per cent), and yet only 800 of these students were selected for admission to Harvard. Certainly this indicates a willingness to weight such evidence as personality, character, extra-curricular activities, and the like...
Only 35.3 per cent of last year's Freshmen made Dean's List in June, a "serious" drop of over seven per cent from the class of '60, according to the annual report on the Freshman year which was released yesterday. Dean von Stade called the drop "disappointing and, to a great extent, baffling." Not since 1948 has a Freshman class has a smaller percentage in Group III or above...
...students who flunk out "are certainly not dumbbells," said Bender. "They are often very useful, fine, intelligent people, who have a problem adjusting to the Harvard environment." He pointed out that the seven per cent drop is "only one class--an isolated situation, not a trend...