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Bridgette L. Hylton, who is currently a first-year at HLS, said that the presence of Eaton, the sole white panelist, suggested that support for the issue transcended racial boundaries...
...apply for the schools they want their child to attend--many have magnet programs that make it worth going that extra mile--and 92% of families wind up with their first or second choice. Even if some don't get what they ask for, race is never the sole factor in how assignments are made. "We look at choices first, we look at siblings, we look at capacity," says Pat Todd, the district's student-assignment director. "Race is way down the list...
Second, quantifiable academic criteria, especially SAT scores, are not the sole criteria for college admissions. Colleges are first and foremost academic institutions, but when a college chooses each new class, it does so with the knowledge that not everybody who graduates will be launched into an academic career. A college such as Harvard is searching for students who will be leaders in all spheres of the world, and that search requires picking applicants from all walks of life. Moreover, colleges seek to balance their classes with students of all backgrounds, which is difficult to do if some minorities...
...This time we want to win the Ivies outright,” Sheth added. After some excruciatingly close losses last year—the most heartbreaking perhaps being the 5-4 loss to the Tigers, which made it impossible for the Crimson to clinch sole possession of the Ivy title—the team this year hopes to learn from its mistakes in tight situations and use its experience to its advantage. “We all know that this is our last year so we’re not going to be distracted,” said senior Siddharth...
...Tanner is never flagged for taunting, and the Crimson can hold on, 28-24, Harvard almost certainly looks forward to a beautifully rare sight this weekend: Harvard and Yale, with just one Ivy loss apiece, playing for the sole possession of a championship...