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...With this added uncertainty, Harvard admissions officials decided to offer 110 fewer spots to freshmen than the previous year. As a result, Harvard had the lowest acceptance rate in its history at 7.1 percent...
...elected to state-level political offices is the focus of a report to be released by the Institute of Politics (IOP) this week. The report is a product of an IOP student policy group examining the deficit of women in politics. The researchers found that the states with the lowest percentages of women in their legislative bodies averaged about 10-15 percent female membership, while the states with the highest female representation had closer to 30-35 percent women. “If you think about the view that women bring to the table and the fact that we make...
...real reason I took the lowest offer had nothing to do with my husband’s salary,” she said. “It had everything to do with the spread...
...been instrumental in our success.” The title came after a long, four-year process by which the former UCLA player was able to induce consistent improvement from his players. Scoring has gone down every year he has been at the helm, and the 19 lowest team scores in program history have all come during the last three seasons. In his four years as coach, Harvard has won a total of 14 tournaments, while the program only had five tournament victories before Rhoads took over. When Rhoads joined the Crimson, he set a goal of not only becoming...
...Applications to Harvard soared to a record 27,462 this year, eclipsing the previous record of 22,955 set last year. Only 7.1 percent of the applicant pool was admitted to the Class of 2012 in April, the lowest admission rate in the history of the College. When the admissions year concludes at the end of June, the yield on admitted candidates is expected to be about 76 percent (close to last year’s 78 percent). That this remains the highest yield among peer institutions is particularly notable because Harvard no longer has the advantage of early action...