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Harvard was listed as the toughest school to get into—for every 14.23 students who applied, just one was accepted. At Yale, the school with the second-lowest odds of admission in the Ivies, the chances were...
Based on these odds, the chances that you will make it to the age of 96 (assuming you live until age 13) are greater than those of getting into Harvard or Yale. Said another way, you’re more likely to live to attend your 70th college reunion than you are to be admitted to either school in the first place...
...many of the schools in the Ivy League, the number of applications reached all-time highs this year—and the acceptance rates again reached all-time lows. Yale was the notable exception to this trend, with its admit rate stagnating...
William D. Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, whose DICE (Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) is among the three considered in EPA's calculations, points to the difficulty of coming up with accurate figures while climate science is still evolving. "It's a slow process," he says, noting that while there is documentation on rising sea levels, there are little data on such factors as methane release from melting permafrost, the impacts of ocean acidification, and the timing of the potential disintegration of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. "We as social scientists can't [offer...
Palfrey said that the first year will be especially tough, as new Masters may not recognize that certain periods of the year—including midterm season and the Harvard-Yale game—are especially stressful while others are fairly relaxed...