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Applications to Yale jumped 36 percent as 4,820 early applications flooded in this year, up from 3,541 last year...
Early Application numbers have risen for schools other than Yale. Georgetown, another school that released early application numbers yesterday, saw a 31-percent increase in early applications university-wide. University of Chicago saw an increase of 42 percent, and th Massachussetts Institute of Technology expects a 10-percent rise...
However, the increase in early applications to Yale by individual high schools is mixed. According to the director of college counseling for Phillips Academy Andover, early applications to Yale rose by 58 percent, from 17 applicants last year to 27 this year. Phillips Academy also saw an increase in applicants to University of Chicago...
...Monday by the Institute of International Education with support from the State Department, states Harvard’s international enrollment jumped last year, moving it from 15th place to ninth in its rankings. But Sharon Ladd, the director of Harvard’s International Office, said that the 23-percent increase Open Doors cites is “misleading.” In previous years, Ladd said, Harvard only counted international students currently enrolled in the statistics it submitted, whereas other schools often include graduates working in the United States under optional practical training visas sponsored by their colleges. Ladd...
...premier independent center for all things literary.STEADY GROUNDIn January 2007, the Harvard University Planning Office conducted a survey to determine the Harvard community’s opinions on the Square’s “retail mix and urban character.” Fourty-four percent of respondents identified the abundance of chains as their least favorite aspect of the Square; 28 percent said that it had become a worse place to visit because independent stores had been driven away. When asked which retail establishment was their favorite, respondents picked Harvard Book Store over popular Square destinations like...