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...Harvard is one of the few schools around the country that turns away more than it accepts, so now you have perspective,” explained Steinberg. The blog features six high school seniors who are currently receiving admissions decisions. The students discuss their reactions to acceptance, wait list, and rejection letters. The blog also aims to educate applicants and their families about the financial aid process. Several students on the blog discuss how the aid packages will have substantial influence on their ultimate choice of where to matriculate. “My impression of the mission of the blog...

Author: By Samantha C. Cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NYT Launches Admissions Blog | 4/1/2009 | See Source »

...nonbinding, like the overall budget plan - speaks to how intense the energy-reform maneuvering is already. The fact that the amendments - several more of which are in the pipeline - are coming through the Senate shows the impatience of members of the upper chamber, since the Senate will most likely wait for the House to act rather than draft its own bill. And there remain many holes to be filled in the House bill. The Waxman-Markey bill, for instance, doesn't tackle nuclear power, a key issue for Republicans. And it doesn't set specific timetables for greenhouse-gas reductions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Launches Opening Gambits on Global Warming | 4/1/2009 | See Source »

...Wait-listed students will start hearing from the admissions office as early...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Admits Record-Low 7 Percent | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

...have suffered significant health problems from the strain brought on by the emirate's economic woes. The billboard is meant to belie those rumors; it shows the sheik, 59, looking sharp, vibrant and healthier than ever. Behind his picture is a simple caption in Arabic: "We don't wait for things to happen, we make them happen." And if you want to say otherwise, Dubai doesn't want to hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dumping on Dubai: Have Hard Times Hit the Emirates? | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

...poverty, broken government promises and feelings of marginalization took hold of the Sunni community, all al-Qaeda and its allies had to do was wait. "The coalition and the Iraqi government told the people that the reason for their poverty was the insurgents. But when the people became Sahwa, their poverty was not alleviated," the insurgent source says. "They realized that their poverty was due to the Americans and the government. That's what's happening in western Baghdad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda Infiltrating Pro-U.S. Militias in Iraq, Sources Say | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

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