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...ideal ranking system, users will be able to adjust the weights various factors, such as school size, average SAT scores, and cost, to find schools that fit them best. We envision an online ranking system that allows tinker with their weighting schemes. (Of course, it is important to exercise caution in weighing rankings, since a college’s worth is based on a wide range of factors.) Evaluations of peer institutions, however, should not be included in the rankings, since they are notoriously difficult to measure...
Year: 2008 House: Kirkland Concentration: Government and Economics Hometown: Tirana, Albania Ideal Date: Dinner, walk, and a long embrace Best way for a girl to get your attention: By saying something smart Where to find you on a Saturday night: The streets First thing you notice about a girl: Her eyes Your best pick-up line: “Besides being sexy, what else do you do?” Best lie you’ve ever told: Wasn’t me! Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: This question is silly Favorite childhood...
Psychologists call lying a form of impression management--an extension of the common human impulse to look better in someone else's eyes. "It's a way to resolve the discrepancy between the average applicant you think you are and the ideal applicant you think they seek," says Roland Kidwell, associate professor at the University of Wyoming's College of Business, who has researched rsum padding. Lies about education are perhaps prevalent because only 35% of employers say they "always" verify degrees conferred, says S.H.R.M...
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...preparing for law, medicine, or business—including many athletes—are treated as outside the liberal arts tradition. Yet the new curricular proposals sustain that great intellectual tradition in name only. The gentleman amateur, dilettantish and unmoved by the financial exigencies of real life, is the ideal student of Harvard’s new curriculum...