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While the majority of the schools that require the SAT II are members of a selective elite, some peer schools, including Yale, accept the ACT in lieu of both the SAT I and SAT II tests...
...lack of words as a good sign.“Pull up here and make a right.” That sounded familiar. I pulled up to a red stoplight, with my blinker on, looked to see if anyone was coming, and flawlessly turned right. I tried to peer out of the corner of my eye to see DMV guy’s face. I knew he’d be impressed.“Okay, you can stop here.”No. NO! The test wasn’t over yet. Or maybe my turn was so perfect...
...Other panelists identified ways to help combat this gap. “There is no standard way to fix it,” said former Johnson & Johnson Worldwide Vice President Cedric Jones. Jones praised schools’ willingness to try new and different methods of addressing the problem, including peer mentor programs and parent advocacy groups. HKS student Joshua Garriga added that providing decent jobs, encouraging integrity in children, and focusing on education would help close the gap. But HBS professor David A. Thomas offered a caveat to students who may become discouraged after trying to recruit people to help...
...theft] services for those individuals.” The University has contracted the security firm Kroll Inc. to offer identity protection services, including credit reports and setting up fraud alerts. The hacker made a portion of the server’s contents available for download through a popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing site, “The Pirate Bay,” where users can easily obtain large files. The data made available through that site contained no personal information, Moriarty said, but the hacker would have had access to all the information on the server. Moriarty added...
...detect these diseases sooner rather than later. Vaccinations—like those available for HPV—must also be made more accessible to young people. Fortunately, Harvard has adopted such measures, providing condoms free of charge in all dormitories and house, while numerous programs and organizations, like Peer Contraceptive Counselors, are devoted to the promotion of safe sex. The University also subsidizes vaccinations, such as Gardasil, which protects against HPV, for students under the Student Health Plan. Clearly the model for universities is unique to college life, but a culture which encourages safe sex is far healthier...