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...receive "tips" of one kind or another, admitted Asian Americans are often strong enough on other admissions criteria that their ethnicity does not need to be mentioned in "writing up" or presenting their admissions cases. But, as our Asian-American undergraduate recruiters know, recent immigrants, those from modest economic backgrounds and those, regardless of economic circumstances, who have been particularly engaged as leaders in Asian American community activities can be "tipped" in. The Crimson is correct in noting that this kind of tip is not as quantifiable as some other kinds of tips, but a significant number of undergraduates...
...Crimson cited the fact that alumni children averaged about 35 points lower on their combined SAT verbal and math scores than a control group consisting of all who were not legacies, athletes, or minority students. Thirty-five points out of a possible 1600 is a very modest difference. More specifically, admitted alumni children averaged 674 on their verbal scores and 695 on the math, compared to 687 verbal and 718 math for the other group. This kind of difference would not produce significant differences in academic attainment during college...
...also attract some superb student-athletes, some of whom came from modest economic backgrounds and can add much needed socioeconomic diversity, because we can offer a Division I athletic expereicne. While we do not provide the athletic scholarships offered by many outstanding private institutions and great state universities, we can enroll some superb individuals who can make a real difference to the lives of their fellow undergraduates...
...initial stages of the disease, Type II diabetics have a chance to bring their blood sugar back to normal by dropping a modest amount of weight. But not many succeed. Even more than Type I, Type II diabetes appears to run in families. If both parents develop the disease before middle adulthood, the chance a child will contract it runs close to 80%. Diabetes is endemic among many American Indian tribes, notably the Pima Indians of southern Arizona, who have the highest incidence of Type II diabetes in the world (50% of those over...
...consumer credit show that it is still growing, but economists expect such borrowing to expand only 3.5% this year, in contrast to increases of about 8% in each of the past two years. As for the Fiorentinos, when their 1980 Volkswagen broke down, they replaced it with a modest 1986 Isuzu Trooper. Autoworker Bruce Boyd, 30, of Leonard, Mich., says his family has been trying to avoid using credit cards for the past several months. "I'm trying to tighten up just because of the world situation," says Boyd. "I am more conscious of it. I'd just as soon...