Word: cohort
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...January cohort and the September cohort believed that they were not very comparable,” Ruback said, “and there was some truth to that. The students were not comparable, and the courses were different...
...unlike their peers in the January cohort, the students of the September cohort were able to hold summer jobs that provided valuable work experience and connections...
From the mid-1990s until early 2001, each Harvard MBA class was divided into two parts. One cohort began its first academic year in September and finished in late April; the other cohort began in January and lasted through mid-August...
Before the current policy was implemented in 1998, students were allowed to report their grades to potential employers. The switch to grade non-disclosure came out of a debate that began in 1996 over the perceived unfairness of a “two-cohort policy,” according to Ruback...
...Harvard College dipped slightly this fall, with nearly 4,000 students vying for spots in the Class of 2010 under the school’s nonbinding Early Action program. Although the admissions office has only made a preliminary assessment of the applicant pool, this fall’s cohort appears to hold much in common with last year’s group in its ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic composition. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said he was pleased that the number of candidates has held relatively steady since the College changed...