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Tinkham published an early version of his theory in a Swiss journal several months ago, and has written "The Resistive Transition of High Temperature Superconductors," which willappear in next week's Physical Review, apublication of the American Physical Society...
...David R. Golob II '89, after reminiscing about his senior year in high school, noted one difference between applying to Harvard and applying for the Rhodes: "Although it's a pleasant surprise to be accepted by either, I think you'd be even more excited to be accepted [as a Rhodes scholar] because they're paying you to come study...
...third, Toronto's Jesse Barfield lined a single to left and took second as George Bell beat out a high chopper to the left of the mound. The runners moved up on Fred McGriff's one-out grounder but Cecil Fielder took a called third strike...
...current method of determining whether a high-school recruit is qualified to attend college in the Ivy League is through the Academic Index (AI)--which converts class rank, SAT scores and grades into a sum which is supposed to reflect a student's academic aptitude. If a score is above the AI cutoff point--161--the athlete is qualified for admission. If the score falls short, even by a single point, then the athlete...
Studies have shown that SAT scores above a certain point bear little correlation to actual academic success in college. That is why colleges do not base their general admission policies solely on board scores. Class rank, more a function of the size and caliber of the student's high school than the student's aptitude, is only one small factor into the general admissions process...