Howard is still a great school. But many of the great faculty members that would be at Howard today are now at Harvard and Yale and Princeton. All this comes as a consequence of affirmative action and the admissions policies that encouraged blacks to enroll in the Ivy League schools.
Quotes about admissions (16 Quotes)
However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.
When they go to class in the morning, I think it is. And the study hall right here, with all the computers, it is. And with the full room and board and tuition and fees, I think it is. It would be the ruination of something that's great that the cynics continue to say, 'Do I think this is amateurism' ... I would be 100 percent against anything like NBA subsidies. The only thing I've ever said is more stipends for the kids. The No. 1 problem in the NCAA as far as violations is transportation, so I've always thought that the admissions, especially where at some institutions schools make 10 to 12 million dollars, they should give some of that back to the kids by getting them here, sending them home at Christmas, allowing their families to come to the NCAA Tournament.
These classes demonstrate to college admissions and scholarship staff that students who successfully complete them can do college-level work.
We own a hospital stock. We own a couple of them, but our favorite is UHS. They're performing well. Admissions are up. Pricing is up and that stock's probably worth 30 percent higher,
He made it very clear, literally in the first five minutes he talked in admissions today, that he thinks all of this is a delicate balance and that we have that balance about right,
Declining overseas admissions costs us not only much needed revenues for colleges and universities, but much more importantly, we lose the best opportunity we have to introduce foreign students to all that America has to offer the world.
Age at first use is an important predictor of the potential for serious substance abuse problems later in life. The increase in the proportion of admissions for drug use before age 13 should be a wake-up call to parents to speak with their children early and often about the dangers of drug use.
The danger is that one admission would lead to calls for more admissions, ... He can address an issue without falling into the trap of perpetual apology.
The Michigan case is particularly important because it could potentially lead to a definition across the nation about what standards are allowable in terms of society dealing with questions about admissions and race. These are issues that are terribly important to all people in the United States, black and white and all Americans.
I wonder if it's going to be a test too far. They're changing the length, the range and the format all at once, so it could prompt the same kind of backlash among students and admissions offices alike as the new SAT has. It's true that the old test didn't do a good job of predicting graduate school performance, but when you add in everything everybody asks for, you get a camel a camel being a horse built by committee.
ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business.
Grades count more at some, community service at others. Some admissions committees look closely at recommendations, others don't. Athletic or musical talent can sometimes boost your chances. The criteria cover a wide range of variables that often interact in complex ways. But the mysterious admissions process really comes down to nothing more than matching the strengths of the various applicants against the attributes a particular college is looking for.
I really just want to focus on getting the rest of this (admissions) stuff taken care of. Then I'll be willing to sit down and talk to the media -- hopefully by the middle of next week.
The enormous problem faced by both these defendants is that it is their word against an army of former colleagues, many of whom have subjected themselves to potential prison time by virtue of their admissions.
The defendant, Frank Melton, repeatedly lied in his answer to the complaint, his responses to interrogatories and his responses for admissions. He did so personally, by and through his attorneys on several occasions,