Thu 5 Aug 2010
Diversity Debate Engulfs Hunter High in Manhattan
Filed under: Hunter College High School, Kagan, Elena, Raab, Jennifer J, Coppola, Eileen, Hunter College, Admissions Standards, Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations, Race, Principals (School), New York City — @ 5:31 am

A student at Hunter College High School used his graduation speech to criticize the school’s admissions process, and the popular principal there quit under pressure.


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Thu 5 Aug 2010
Kagan’s N.Y. High School in Turmoil Over Diversity
Filed under: Hunter College High School, Kagan, Elena, Raab, Jennifer J, Coppola, Eileen, Hunter College, Admissions Standards, Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations, Race, Principals (School), New York City — @ 4:20 am

A student at Hunter College High School used his graduation speech to criticize the school’s admissions process, and the popular principal there quit under pressure.


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Fri 30 Jul 2010
Getting Into Med School Without Hard Sciences
Filed under: Humanities, Admissions Standards, Medical Schools, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Manhattan (NYC) — @ 3:37 am

A program admits students if they study humanities instead of the traditional pre-medical school curriculum.


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Tue 22 Jun 2010
New York Schools Seek New Gifted Admissions Test
Filed under: Bright Kids NYC, Equal Educational Opportunities, Sternberg, Marc, Otis-Lennon School Abillity Test, Bracken School Readiness Assessment, Admissions Standards, Tutors and Tutoring, Race, Education Department (NYC), Gifted Students, Tests and Testing, Education and Schools — @ 4:20 am

The city had found that while more students now take the exams, fewer students now enroll, and they are racially less diverse.


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Tue 1 Jun 2010
Girls Prevail in New York City Programs for Gifted
Filed under: Tests and Testing, Admissions Standards, Brooklyn School of Inquiry, Gifted Students, Education Department (NYC), Education and Schools, Children and Youth, New York City — @ 3:30 am

Though the school system overall is 51 percent male, its gifted classrooms generally have more girls.


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Fri 1 Jan 2010
As Honor Students Multiply, Who Really Is One?
Filed under: Admissions Standards, Education and Schools — @ 3:40 am

Educators and parents are re-examining the role of honor societies, which started out as an academic distinction but have become a routine item on college résumés.


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Sat 19 Dec 2009
Boola Boola, Boola Boola: Yale Says Yes, 4 Times
Filed under: Admissions Standards, Multiple Births, Student Loans, Yale University, Education and Schools, Colleges and Universities, Connecticut — @ 4:46 am

For the first time in anyone’s memory, Yale offered admission to quadruplets, but whether any one of the siblings winds up there remains an open question.


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Fri 18 Dec 2009
Auditioning Their Hearts Out, for High School
Filed under: Admissions Standards, Auditions, LaGuardia, Fiorello H, High School of Music and Perform, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Art, Education and Schools, Children and Youth, New York City — @ 3:04 am

For young New Yorkers who perform, trying out for one of the many competitive arts schools has become a consuming, nail-biting effort.


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Sat 21 Nov 2009
Tips for the Admissions Test … to Kindergarten
Filed under: Tutors and Tutoring, Admissions Standards, Tests and Testing, Education (Pre-School), Private and Sectarian Schools, Children and Youth, Education and Schools — @ 3:42 am

Test preparation companies are now catering to a new demographic: youngsters who may well watch Big Bird and Elmo the morning of their exams.


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Wed 18 Nov 2009
A Flood of Applicants to a Shrinking Police Dept.
Filed under: Admissions Standards, Police, New York City — @ 5:17 am

The New York Police Department hasn’t been able to take advantage of a wider pool of candidates because of budget cuts.


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