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...announcement this fall. This year’s numbers continue a trend apparent in Princeton’s early application numbers for the last few years. Last year, the university received 2,230 early applications for the class of 2010. At the time, it was the second-highest number of early applications ever received by the university, and it marked a 9% increase from the previous year. Harvard admissions officers did not return requests for Harvard’s early application numbers. Last year, the early application numbers were released...
...many centuries, Roman pontiffs attempted to blend spiritual and temporal power into a single figure. The Pope was, then, not only the highest spiritual authority in Christianity, but also a monarch with absolute power over earthly affairs. Although often well-intentioned, this dual ambition led to repeated abuses like political excommunications and the selling of indulgences to adjust the Papal budget balance...
...number of inductees from any other concentration. And in a departure from most of the chapter’s 225-year, male-dominated history, the group selected this fall is balanced evenly between men and women. The Registrar’s Office culls the names of students with the highest GPA in each of three fields—humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Alpha Iota then picks exactly half of those students, based on two faculty recommendations and the rigor of their courses, and with an eye toward academic diversity. “If 25 percent of the class...
...when this law is working 'properly' - with all the tests given, the numbers obediently reported, and the attendant punitive consequences enforced - that we really need to worry." Montana may not be sweating out its scores; last year, 92% of its schools made adequate yearly progress, one of the highest percentages in the nation. The state can only be grateful that speedy tabulation isn't part of the ranking system...
After his parents, Wilner cited Expository Writing Preceptor Susanna Ryan and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons as key mentors who helped push him to the highest level of scholastic achievement...