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...bring the total number of inductees to 10 percent of the graduating class. “Being in the Junior 24 is traditionally and historically perhaps the highest academic award or honor that we have,” Coakley said. Students are first selected for candidacy based on their GPA, according to Coakley. Students are divided into one of three broad areas—social sciences, humanities, or natural sciences—based on their concentration, and a GPA cutoff is then established for each area. Coakley said the committe looks at grades, difficulty of courses on the transcript...
Although partly in jest, Gladwell’s argument is emblematic of a rising public backlash against the Ivy League. With the most recent admissions acceptance rate at a daunting 7.1 percent, it is now, more than ever, clear that a high GPA and strong standardized test scores alone cannot guarantee a place at Harvard. As the admissions game becomes harder and harder to win, many high schools are advising students to dismiss unhealthy infatuations with the Ivy League. The criticisms are not only on the student side: A recent article in BusinessWeek berated the Ivies for using their stratospheric...
...News aims to objectively assess schools based on several elements including scores on standardized tests, the average undergraduate GPA, and input from deans, faculty, recruiters and professionals. Numerical scores are assigned based on a formula that takes these factors into account...
...fewer points on the Academic Index—the Ivy League’s measure for determining if recruited athletes meet the academic standards of member institutions—than would have been allowed in previous years. The Academic Index formula relies on an athlete’s GPA, standardized test scores, and class rank to determine a “score” that is weighed in the recruiting process.The Times reported that, according to two former Harvard assistant coaches, last year’s team had an average of 206 on the Academic Index, among the highest...
...hands on what’s in my pants right now. 7.) I know we’ve never met, but I’d like to back you up onto my hard drive sometime 8.) I know I’m not that hot, but I bet my GPA is higher than yours. 9.) Are you an econ major? Because I’d just love to get my invisible hand in your Slutsky matrix. 10.) If you think Positive Psych is easy, wait ’til you date me! 11.) Did you know that the average Harvard...