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Core, I would love and not loathe you if you had a compelling, guiding purpose. Command me, Core, to take those things I’d rather not take for the sake of my GPA or my attention span; make those who come in our wake study those things that, although it’s been hushed into an open secret, are still thought to be the underpinnings of our civilization...

Author: By Travis R. Kavulla, | Title: Core Curriculum, I Loathe You | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...schools.) He goes on to imagine a hypothetical Ivy League—under the athletic scholarship policy—in which the member institutions would admit a recruit “with an SAT score of 400 or an ACT score of nine, so long as their high school GPA in 14 core subjects is above...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KING JAMES BIBLE: Cornell Column Misses Mark | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...approximately an 1100 to 1150 on the SATs from even being considered—and no discussion of the Ivy League’s AI banding policy, which sets the percentage of a school’s 30 recruits that must fit into different ranges of SAT scores and GPA levels—the components...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KING JAMES BIBLE: Cornell Column Misses Mark | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...consider applying to Harvard in the “regular” pool of applicants to avoid the upturned noses of such persons. Alas, I did not do so. I guess I find solace in being an honors government concentrator with a 1580 SAT score, a 4.2 high school GPA, and a 3.5 Harvard GPA...

Author: By Matthew B. Drazba, | Title: Recruited Athletes Still Held To Admissions Scrutiny | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

Everyone without “naivety” knows Harvard isn’t admitting people based solely on GPA, SATs, or, for that matter, any other strictly “academic” measure of intellectual aptitude. What really smacks of naivety however, is thinking that last year’s record-matching athletes were any less qualified to be here than anyone else. It’s naïve because it shows a serious lack of knowledge about the recruiting process...

Author: By Brendan D.B. Hodge, | Title: Something To Be Proud Of | 9/23/2005 | See Source »

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