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According to Morse, Princeton’s rankings increased slightly this year in the peer assessment category, while Harvard had a slight decrease, of about 1 percent, in alumni donations...
...seem odd that we’re leading with advice on what you do need to work on, but the 20 percent of necessary work is more important than the 80 percent of chaff. So, let’s lay some ground rules. The midterm and the final will probably be worth something like 80 percent of your grade. You need to study for them. A lot. You should not underestimate how much they matter...
...papers (in humanities classes) are similar—and, by the way, you can probably get an extension on these if you try. Anything that’s worth over 25 percent of your grade should be taken very seriously. If you make sure not to mess around with the big stuff, the rest can be done more haphazardly. Slacking on the important, high-value assignments is not efficiency, but stupidity...
...Reading is optional 90 percent of the time
...Roughly 30 percent of people on campus “go out”, define the phrase as you will. Of those, many are athletes, freshman girls, or members of those elusive final clubs. Many...