Word: tip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...noted that both Asian Americans and white applicants received positive weight for athletic "tips." There was not evidence in the Summary Sheets to suggest that the implementation of athletic preference or "tip" was in any way designed to negatively treat or affect Asian Amer can applicants...
...Well, not much to say here. [Applicant] is a good student, w/average EC's [extracurricular], standard athletic, middle-of-the-road scores, good support and two legacy legs to stand on...Let's see what alum thinks and how far the H/R [Harvard-Radcliffe] tip will...
...great profile but just enough #'s and grades to get the tip from lineage...
...evident from some of these readers' comments that being the son or daughter of an alumnus of Harvard-Radcliffe was the critical or decisive factor in admitting the applicant. It is clear that the `lineage tip' can work to the advantage of an applicant by offsetting weaker credentials in virtually any of the rating categories. There is also some evidence to suggest that certain alumni parents' status may be weighed more heavily than others. For instance, the distinction made between alumni and "S&S" alumni suggests that legacies whose parent(s) participates on the Schools and Scholarship Committee are likely...
...former East German Communists are now the Party of Democratic Socialism. Under either title, the Marxists are immensely wealthy, with total assets of $2 billion. Last week, acting on a tip that the party had sent $70 million to Soviet accounts in European banks, police raided its headquarters in Berlin and the homes of private citizens in several cities...