Word: tiered
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...only one to benefit. I sat in on classes and was invited to a dinner at which I found myself seated with the President of Costa Rica and a former Senator from Colorado. When my son went to Harvard, I went too. Anyone who is accepted by any first-tier university should think very, very carefully before turning it down. LINDA MELE JOHNSON Long Beach, Calif...
...limited your discussion to the plight of the small percentage of students who have a shot at top-tier schools. As an educational consultant, I was disappointed by your lack of understanding of our role. Our mission is neither to "get kids in" nor to "package" them to enhance their chances. We endeavor to help them and their parents more fully understand a process in which they will be investing so much emotionally as well as financially. SUZANNE F. SCOTT, ED.M. ACADEMIC ADVISORY SERVICE Elkins Park...
...nicotined walls could find the results a bit dazzling. But French designer Jacques Garcia, who also remodeled the opulent Hôtel Costes in Paris, has retained the club's laid-back ambience: red velvet, Philippe Starck lamps and brass rails (yes, they gleam), but he added another tier of banquettes to make the stage feel more like a boxing ring. "I wanted to give the musicians the feeling of absolute power," says Garcia. And where the food was always a bit of a joke - "A thousand flies can't be wrong, sir," was Scott's fond quip - its refitted...
...kind of virtuous circle, the "second tier" schools got better as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a class--which in turn raised the quality of the whole experience on campus and made the school more attractive to both topflight professors and the next wave of applicants. "Just because you haven't heard of a college doesn't mean it's no good," argues Marilee Jones, the admissions dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an outspoken advocate of the idea that parents need to lighten up. "Just as you've changed and grown since college...
...serious guys have four to five accounts," says Scott. Another result is rising salaries as banks tussle with one another for talent. Industry consolidation may be the inevitable endgame. Only the biggest banks will be able to satisfy the growing salary demands of private bankers, so middle-tier players may gradually be squeezed out. "The big will only get bigger," says Didier von Daeniken, head of private banking for Credit Suisse in Southeast Asia. "As a middle player, it's not easy to make money because [staffing] costs have risen...