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There are also less obvious faux pas, like stating your intended major without checking that it's offered. Students are sometimes asked the number of schools to which they're applying, and some colleges take offense at being one of many under consideration. Rice was weighing a superbly qualified applicant when a reader mentioned that the school was just one of 15 on his list. The student wound up on the wait list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside College Admissions | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...There are also less obvious faux pas, like stating your intended major without checking that it's offered. Students are sometimes asked the number of schools to which they're applying, and some colleges take offense at being one of many under consideration. Rice was weighing one superbly qualified applicant when a reader mentioned that the school was just one of 15 on his list. The student wound up on the wait list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In or Out: Inside College Admissions | 10/15/2000 | See Source »

...Presented recitative-style, with alternating spoken dialogue and songs that reveal characters' feelings and motivations, there are secrets revealed, kidnappings, bumbling henchmen, crude comedy and low-tech special effects like flash pots and strobes. Characters have solos, duets and ensemble arrangements, accompanied by interpretive dancers. There is even a pas de deux...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Pokemon Live!' Guides Us Into 21st-Century Theater | 9/21/2000 | See Source »

...however, committed a journalistic faux pas by prefacing your questions with phrases that hinted to the audience what you really think. You made no attempt to be objective. I think every reader will know exactly where you stand on these issues and principles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Doctor's In Box | 6/27/2000 | See Source »

...line was a faux pas of sorts, but was also significant for making a direct connection between the two prizes...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College To End Gender-Specific Student Prizes | 6/7/2000 | See Source »

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