Word: meritable
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...Open Testing (Fair Test) said in a study released yesterday that this difference is the result of gender biased questions. Fair Test says that this bias not only impairs fair college admissions processes, but also denies women the chance to win the financial awards offered in the National Merit Scholarship competition, since the qualification for award is based upon test scores...
According to FairTest, while 56% who took the PSAT in 1994 were female, only 42% of National Merit Semifinalists are female. Semifinalists are chosen solely on the basis of test scores...
Because of Harvard's financial aid procedures,women are not punished for their poorerperformance in the National Merit Scholarshipcompetition, McGrath said...
...listed several documentaries that the Academy did not nominate, including The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl. The fact is that this documentary was never even submitted to the Academy for consideration. Corliss further misstates that I was chairwoman of the Documentary nominating committee, implying that something other than merit was involved in the nomination of the documentary Maya Lin, which I co-produced. I am not the chair of the committee; it is headed by Walter Shenson. The fact that Maya Lin was awarded the Oscar shows that it was nominated on its merits. Corliss quoted film critic Roger...
...link between the College administration and final clubs which simply does not exist. Dingman's conversation with Kane, by The Crimson's own news account, can hardly be construed as indicative of the type of covert "direct relationship" upon which this editorial is premised. Neither did the conversation merit the alarming and sensational headline which appeared in the news story...