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Students are chosen as National Merit Scholars based on their scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and credentials and essays submitted after they become semi-finalists.
The staff ignores a crucial aspect of any ideal disciplinary structure by neglecting to propose an honor code for Harvard. Everyone on campus would benefit from an atmosphere in which students are considered responsible enough to judge their own actions. Under the current system, the Administrative Board plays the role...
Under its current policy, Cornell offers special financial aid packages to students based on their scholastic potential.
But while enrollment has declined, academic performance has not. Numerous studies show that Catholic-school kids do better than their public-school counterparts in reading and math. A 1990 report by the Rand Corp., for instance, found that low-income parochial-school students averaged 803 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Despite previous studies indicating that U.S. students were significantly less literate than children in other countries, a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that they are actually among the best in the world. Citing a 32-country study of fourth and ninth graders conducted...