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...Most often, early applicants are students from affluent families, while students from lower-income families often wait until the regular decision round sot that they can compare financial aid offers. By creating a single deadline, admissions officers hoped to make the process more equitable...
...also genuinely surprised that Harvard actually acted upon their wait list candidacy,” Lodha said. “[I had] previously incorrectly assumed that at selective schools the waitlist is more of a consolation than anything else...
...Although Harvard chose to accept a reduced number of individuals initially, it was nice to know that the wait list candidates who were left with undecided fates could still hold realistic hope,” Lodha added...
Before our swim meets, my high school swim coach would often say, “Close your eyes and just imagine.” Imagine crouching low on the starting blocks as you wait for the starting gun. Imagine standing on the winners’ platform with your medal draped around your neck. If it’s possible now in your mind, he’d tell us, it’s possible in the pool...
...much you are worth depends in a large part on which country you live in and your gender. In Iran, for example, you could legally sell your kidney for upwards of $6,000. Iran currently has no renal transplant waiting list, a credit to this policy legalizing the organ trade. In the U.S., where organ sales are illegal, the present waiting list of kidney transplant candidates numbers around 75,000. These individuals rely on the uncompensated charity of living organ donors, or, more commonly, the consenting donations of deceased persons. The average wait time is over five years and demand...