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UPDATED: Uh…Impending PR Disaster?
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
by Brian No
Updated: At exactly 7 PM, the University issued a press release that confirms Princeton was the only Ivy League school, aside from Penn (their acceptance rate increased by 0.1%), that saw a higher acceptance rate this year. Janet Rapelye admitted 9.79% of applicants, compared to 9.25% last year. An incredible 1,331 students were wait listed,
- Published in Princeton in the News
The Economy: Screwing High School Seniors Since ’08
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
by Will Saborio
The Times reported yesterday that in the face of shrinking endowments, universities are increasingly choosing wealthier applicants that can foot the full ticket of an education over students that would need financial aid if admitted. Coupled with the fact that Ivies’ (and other selective college’s) acceptance rates are dropping, high school juniors across the nation
- Published in Princeton in the News
Those Incestuous Ivies!
Tuesday, 03 March 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
Today’s New York Times ran an article heralding the new Dartmouth College president, Dr. Jim Yong Kim (full story here). What caught our attention, though, was the headline: “Dartmouth Selects Its New President from Harvard.” An Ivy League president with ties to (gasp!) a different Ivy? There’s something unique about that Crimson, though, that makes the
- Published in Princeton in the News
Making Harvard Proud
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
by Will Saborio
Larry Summers, head of Obama’s National Economic Council and once-beloved Harvard president, attended yesterday’s “fiscal sustainability summit” in the White House. For the event, Obama convened over a hundred policy makers and intellectuals to discuss bipartisan approaches to deficit reduction. If anyone was wondering why Larry was a bit quiet during the whole thing, well, the
- Published in Princeton in the News
Change We Can… Compete For
Friday, 19 December 2008
by Will Saborio
& As Barack Obama prepares to take the highest office in the United States, he has begun to build a team of accomplished and skillful men and women that will help the young president lead America in these most troubled times. Indeed, America stands at a crossroads in history, and Obama’s star-studded team hopes to
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
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