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...adviser at The Key School in Annapolis, Md., Paul M. Stoneham.Cuseo, of Harvard-Westlake, said “it’s interesting that [Princeton] didn’t wait to test the waters and see what other people would do.” Early decision programs increase a school??s yield—the percentage of admitted applicants who choose to enroll there. Yield is often used as a barometer of a school??s attractiveness. Cuseo said she would not be surprised if Yale University also jumped on the single-deadline bandwagon because they...
...says a Harvard fact sheet for fundraisers. “[A]lumni capable of giving very large gifts are more willing to do so when a substantial number of their classmates are contributing what they can.” The alumni giving rate constitutes 5 percent of a school??s overall score in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of America’s best colleges. Harvard dropped to second place—behind Princeton—in the rankings this year. Princeton boasts an alumni giving rate of 61 percent. The declining rate...
...School of Dental Medicine professor cleared last month of allegations that he covered up links between fluoride and bone cancer is listed as a million-dollar benefactor of the school??s new research and education building. The revelation has led one environmental advocacy group to suggest that a recent Harvard investigation of the professor, Chester W. Douglass, may have been compromised due to the professor’s status as a patron of the school. The Washington-based Environmental Working Group, which initially brought the accusations against Douglass, said on Friday that the professor’s donation...
Early decision programs increase a school??s yield—the percentage of admitted applicants who choose to enroll there. Yield is often used as a barometer of a school??s attractiveness...
...that if you’re still wearing it as you read this, it’s already too late. But don’t fear. You can always restore your cool factor through Harvard’s raging party scene. (Playboy once rated Harvard the number three party school??in Cambridge). Freshman girls, this will be easy for you. Travel in groups and have the hot ones closer to the door (ladies, you know who you are). Freshmen guys, you will have to develop a bloodhound’s ability to sniff out alcohol. But don?...