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Representatives for the College Board had previously characterized the largest SAT scoring mistake as only 100 points lower than the score the student should have received...
...can’t afford to live here. Like the rest of the Bay State population, Harvard graduates are victims of the high cost of living in Mass. Employers know that there is a lot of talent in the Boston area, but they also know that they can pay lower salaries if they operate in a state with a lower cost of living. Such “in-country outsourcing” can force students to leave a place that many have become attached to. With property taxes as the state’s main source of income, this cycle...
...College Board announced this week that it incorrectly scored the SAT exams of over 4,000 students who took the test in October 2005. Affected students received scores up to 100 points lower than their actual scores due to technical problems in the scoring process, the board said yesterday...
...effort at learning an entirely new position—he switched to center from shortstop, his high school position—Vance had an outstanding rookie year, hitting .275 and leading the team with 15 stolen bases. Still, much room for improvement remains, as Vance will hope to lower his number of strikeouts—he led the team with 37—steal more bases, and get on at an even higher clip in front of the rest of the Crimson’s power-laden lineup...
...other a voting member. This requirement can often make it difficult for a political group, for instance, to seek out a Kennedy School professor as an adviser. Further, the requirement that an adviser be a voting member of FAS forces groups to solicit higher-profile, busier advisers over lower-profile advisers who might have more time to spend with the group...