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HANDS DOWN, NO questions asked, the best piece of Ivy journalism today is in the Dartmouth, which leads with a revealing look at the school's early and regular admissions pools. Numbers in hand, reporter Marina Agapakis finds that Dartmouth's early pool is far less diverse and far more affluent than those who apply to the school through regular admissions. The differences are suprisingly staggering: The most drastic difference in representation between the two pools is in minority matriculants; 19 percent of matriculants from the early decision pool are racial minorities, whereas 40 percent of those accepted...
Thirty-eight percent of matriculants admitted to the Class of 2010 through early decision are receiving need-based financial aid, compared to 57 percent of regular decision matriculants.The Dartmouth also gets its hands on similar numbers for the University of Virginia, and finds that only 2 percent of students admitted early applied for financial aid. Two percent! Both Dartmouth and UVA had binding, early decision last year, but UVA just dropped its program. Dartmouth's outgoing gatekeeper, Karl Furstenberg, says they're staying the course...
...same, or higher standards to the early pool. Nor can you infer the standards by simply comparing admission rates in the early and late pools.Fair enough. But from a journalist's standpoint, it's better to have the numbers, and the Ivy papers should be after them. The Dartmouth struck out at Harvard, Princeton and Penn, but perhaps the on-campus dailies will have more luck. The admissions debate now rattling higher education will be better informed with the relevant statistics close at hand...
...sometimes trying to be aggressive and hit miracle shots,” she says, “now I’m playing golf smarter and focusing on keeping the ball in play and hitting fairways—and it seems to be working.” At the Dartmouth Invitational two weeks ago, Balmert edged out tough competition from perennial contenders Yale and Princeton to capture the medal by a single stroke by firing a two-day 145 (+1). Over the past two weeks, she finished tied for No. 6 and No. 4 at Princeton and Yale, respectively...
...Bright Hockey Center and on Feb. 5 at TD Banknorth Garden in the opening round of the 55th annual Beanpot. Boston College is just one of the many top-20 teams on the Crimson’s schedule. Harvard will take on the Big Red, the Raiders, No. 18 Dartmouth, and No. 20 Colgate during league play. In addition, the Crimson will cross the river to take on No. 5 Boston University on Nov. 21 and might face the Terriers again in the second round of the Beanpot. No. 4 Michigan State and No. 6 Michigan are also on Harvard?...