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Gifts of time and money are only acceptable when they come from a pure and modest heart? Society could use a lot more encouragement to "be better" than mocking those who are trying.

Or perhaps their participation encourages others to join in... I mean, ragging on people who give their money/time because they didn't do so in the dark of night is a pretty petty complaint.

I think the Devil beat Johnny's ass and she should have ripped his soul from Johnny's body.

There’s a simple solution to all of this. Calm down. Does it really matter if you know if the Bills sign a free agent within 30 seconds or two hours later when it is official? Why is there a need for a sports inside scoop when you can wait 5 minutes for the outside truth?

I want to punch the person who made that graphic.

I would like to unsubscribe from this Browns feed also.

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Yeah, but Andy Bernard is an alum, so they really let anyone in.

University of California in Riverside?

Google can't seem to find that school.

Miami sure does send out a lot recruiting information. Geez Louise.

This speaks more to graduate schools I suppose, but this list really tells you who is driving the academic research in this country: https://www.aau.edu/who-we-are/our-members It may be less applicable to undergraduates.

Just go with $2 and don’t worry about the change. If you want pulled pork or a fancy hamburger - then do the $10 item.

It seems to me a budget menu would ease a lot of pain. Offer better quality items for higher price points, but have hot dogs, soda and maybe one budget beer for the cost conscious.

You are right on from what I know. There is a high school in northern Virginia called Thomas Jefferson that produces intellectual machines. Because they are all so talented, they hurt each other because although they are all deserving of the best educational institutions, they won't all get admitted to the same university because they are from the same high school. So, they get sprinkled around the top 20 (which is not a hardship by any means, just that their choices are artificially limited by their peers.)

Being an Optics major, our cheat sheets went to 11. We had a couple guys utilize red/green cellophane glasses and essentially write their formulas on their paper in colored ink, over the top of each other, to double the amount of info they could take into tests. Me? I wrote so effing small most people wouldn't know there were letters there.

That's an asinine way to grade a STEM class unless you administer tests in a such a brutally difficult way that essentially everyone "fails" and you need a way to distribute grades somehow. We had a junior year Optics course at Rochester on Aberration theory where the tests were so long and difficult that if you had the answer key in front of you - you could barely transcribe the answers, let alone answer them thoughtfully.

The only school that fits that description is Carnegie Melon - in particular the Comp Sci department.

That's where you look at yield. Harvard admits 2,000 and 1700 attend. Which to be fair, is an astronomical yield that most other schools don't enjoy. So, in this case - people who get admitted to Harvard don't have Ohio State as their number one choice. My understanding is that the top of the Ivies don't offer merit aid, so you are either rich enough to pay the $300k for 4 years or are poor enough to get financial aid. Those in the middle often choose their state schools. I am going through that right now. We can do University of Maryland for $25k or University of Rochester for $58k (he did get merit aid there). Everywhere else we are full pay parents for a kid who got a 1510 on his SATs.

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/04/663629750/legacy-admissions-offer-an-advantage-and-not-just-at-schools-like-harvard To what degree people consider legacy an issue is up to them. This article states 14% of enrolled students are legacy at Harvard. So, yes - it is a huge advantage considering the 5% admittance rate and the fierce competition to grab one of those spots, 14% legacy is still fairly low given what I think most people assume Harvard let's in.

You have been misinformed. https://oir.harvard.edu/files/huoir/files/harvard_cds_2017-18.pdf The CDS is a survey most colleges submit to provide some level of transparency. Scroll down to section C. There you get the 25th and 75th% percentiles of the SATs. 25% of those enrolled have a 1590 or better on the SAT. I'm certain they could fill an entire class with 1600 if they so choose. The majority of the lower scores is due to Harvard seeking diversity in geography, academic interest, specific talent and maintaining a racial balance (as current lawsuit by Asian students is challenging). They admit 5% of applicants. Legacy matters only if you are still a really good - great student, although I'm sure substantial financial gifts can buy someone's way in. The 1460 25th percentile shows that the top 75% are all capable students. Some like David Hogg get in due to life experiences. He certainly has a unique resume that would enrich the conversation of the student body.