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More Women Apply to Yale Than Men, Fewer Receive Acceptance Letters

More Women Apply to Yale Than Men, Fewer Receive Acceptance Letters

The gender gap at Yale is widening, but apparently, its gender bias isn’t going anywhere.

 

Last fall, roughly 2,281 more women than men applied to Yale, the largest gender disparity amongst applicants to every Ivy League university. And yet, 68 more men than women receive

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Latest comment by Anonymous: There is no evidence - at least there is no claim - that the female applicant pool is "less qualified" at Yale than the male applicant pool so as to explain the wide admissions edge enjoyed by males. One assumes that ALL admits are, by definition, "qualified."

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University of OregonNews

8 suckers shell out for an iRuby

8 suckers shell out for an iRuby
8 suckers shell out for an iRuby

Apple recently removed its $999.99 “I am Rich” application from its stores.

 

According to the developer of the featureless “I am Rich” application, Armin Heinrich, the application was simply for iPhone users to show off their wealth. The application did nothing more than display a glowing red gem. Of

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OWU - Ohio WesleyanNews

Young People For

Young People For

In case you are not familiar with this great opportunity for a wonderful leadership fellowship with Young People for...here it is.

 

Young People For (YP4) is a leadership development program focusing on identifying, engaging and empowering young progressive leaders to effect positive change on their campuses and

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MizzouMusic

Don't Go Out - Facebook Lets You Watch Bands Online

Don't Go Out - Facebook Lets You Watch Bands Online
Why go to a show when you can watch it free on Facebook?

Starting Wednesday, more than 10,000 people logged on Facebook to use a specific application that lets you stream live shows on your computer. So basically, if your favorite bands create applications like this, you ... MORE »
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Penn, Harvard, QuinnipiacNews

The Harvard Wait List Is The Place To Be

The Harvard Wait List Is The Place To Be
Students are happy to know that all the tears they cried and all the sleep they lost was not in vain... or was it? Students that were wait-listed to schools like Harvard, Princeton and UPenn will be given a second chance as a greater number of waitlisters are being accepted. In an article for ... MORE »
Latest comment by steeler486: i completely agree here. it is not fair for the students , who are essentially stuck in purgatory waiting on their ivy league school to get back to them. either the ivy league school should tell them right away if they got in or not and not have them hanging around for months.

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California State Channel Islands - CSUCI, YaleNews

Student Lies on Application

Student Lies on Application

It is a terrible thing that some one could have cheated the application system enough to earn a $32,000 scholarship at such a prestigious university, but doesn't this tell us anything about the application process itself? (to read more about the article at topic visit http://www.nytim

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CornellNews

Cornell Applicants too Stupid to Choose a College

Cornell Applicants too Stupid to Choose a College
This year, 685 fine young men and 679 charming young ladies applying to Cornell neglected to indicate what college they wanted to apply to and therefore were automatically rejected.

Now, this is pretty stupid.  Of course, despite the implication by fellow bloggers th... MORE »
Latest comment by VerboseVixen: Read the same article over and over much?

Anyway, 61.43% of this post is primary source blogging. And I indicated it in the middle AND at the end, unlike other nameless posters who sometimes don't mention it at all and simply cite the source the blog used.


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