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...schools did not make progress in areas where they have performed weakly in previous years—and because schools remain on the federal watch list unless they make adequate progress for two consecutive years—that this year’s classifications for the Cambridge schools were lower despite the uptick in the number of schools making adequate yearly progress...
...more discrete pastures: the physical chemistry requirement awaits. While Chem 60, “Foundations of Physical Chemistry,” sounds like it might satisfy the requirement much more easily than Chem 161, “Statistical Thermodynamics,” don’t swoon for the lower course number. Chem 161 is something of a physics-lite course, replete with a handful of physics concentrators. Give it a chance if you can hack a few Taylor expansions, or just appreciate the easy-to-follow full-color lecture handouts. The biological applications will at least keep your ears...
...years, higher than any single country’s. “But tens of millions of other Americans have levels more typical of middle-income or low-income developing countries,” Murray continued. Blacks in high-crime urban areas have a life expectancy of 70.8 years, lower than Vietnam, Egypt, and North Korea. The life expectancy gap has been increasing since 1984. According to the study, disparities in life expectancy are caused not by commonly-blamed factors such as poverty, infant mortality, violence, HIV/AIDS, and lack of health insurance, but rather by chronic noncommunicable diseases. Five factors...
...Colleges argue that they tailor aid packages, even in early admissions programs, to lower-income students' needs. Merit scholarships are also available at many schools for early admits. Students who apply by Nov. 15 to Smith College in Northampton, Mass., are eligible for its STRIDE merit scholarship, along with "competitive" aid packages, says Debra Shaver, Smith's director of admissions. "Students would get the same financial aid package whether they apply early or regular," she adds...
...agree that most low-income and minority students simply don't know early admissions are an option, and thus miss out on the progams' often higher acceptance rates. Schools in poor areas can't afford to keep college counselors on staff all summer to process applications. "I do think lower-income students tend to apply later in the process," says Liz Daniels, dean of admissions and financial aid at Emory & Henry. "I can see how it can possibly disadvantage them...