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The hardest college to get into in every state

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With an acceptance rate of just 8.8% and typical SAT scores between 1500 and 1600, the California Institute of Technology is America’s hardest college to get into, according to a list from academic review site Niche.com. The rankings are based on acceptance rates and SAT and ACT scores reported to the US Department of Education. […]

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The 25 US colleges with the best location

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With prime access to bars and restaurants, and enjoyable weather, the University of San Francisco is America’s college with the best location, according to academic-review site Niche.com. Niche’s ranking assessed 1,376 four-year colleges and universities on a number of factors including student response on surveys, access to bars, restaurants, cafes, and outdoor activities; local weather; […]

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20 US presidents who belonged to shadowy secret societies

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Secret societies always get the ominous treatment in fiction. Are there any movies with remotely benevolent secret orders? Most fictional secret societies are usually more bogged down with dressing in outdated robes, chanting ominously, doing sacrifices, or hatching nefarious global plots. So, to the paranoid mind, it probably sounds somewhat startling that 20 out of […]

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Read the essay of a student who got into all 8 Ivy League schools, Stanford, MIT, and Caltech

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Martin Altenburg, a 17-year-old from Fargo, North Dakota, achieved the impressive feat of gaining acceptance into every single Ivy League college. He also gained acceptance into Stanford University, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The California Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago. The high-school senior had stellar standardized test scores — a 35 on […]

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Retired army general Stanley McChrystal: Save PBS from Trump’s budget cuts, it makes us ‘safer’

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Stanley McChrystal, a retired army general, urged leaders in Washington and the Trump administration not to strip federal funding for public broadcasting in a New York Times op-ed, saying that it makes the nation “smarter, stronger and, yes, safer.” McChrystal was referring to President Trump’s draft budget proposal, which included a suggestion to eliminate all […]

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Here’s what Harvard’s class of 2021 will look like

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At roughly 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of anxious high schoolers found out if they were accepted into the Ivy League. From a pool of 39,506 applicants, Harvard accepted 2,056 students for an acceptance rate of 5.2%. Here’s what the incoming class of 2021 will look like, according to an announcement from […]

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Ivy League acceptances and rejections are out — here’s how students are taking the news

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Thousands of high-school seniors learned if they were accepted into their dream schools around 5 p.m. ET on Thursday. Their reactions reflected a range of emotions as they posted their fate on Twitter. First, the ecstatic ones: HEATHER FOSTER IS YALE BOUND!!!🐶💙 #yale2021 @heather_foster2 pic.twitter.com/3FjIhMD48A — Kyra Hunsberger (@kyrahuns) March 30, 2017 I REALLY GOT […]

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Ivy League colleges offer free tuition to certain students — here’s how financial aid packages stack up

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College acceptance letters to Ivy League schools will be sent to many high-school seniors Thursday at 5 p.m., and students will have to select schools based on a number of different factors, including fit, program quality, and financial aid packages. While comfort level and college prestige are quite subjective, financial aid packages are an objective […]

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Howard University is opening a campus at Google headquarters to get more black engineers in tech (GOOG)

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Starting this summer, one of the nation’s largest historically-black colleges will set up a satellite campus at Google headquarters in an effort to bring more black computer science students into the tech industry. Roughly 25 to 30 rising juniors and seniors studying computer science at Howard University, located in Washington, D.C., will get the chance […]

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12 words that are more familiar to women than men

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Some stereotypes might have some truth. For instance, an antiquated way of thinking might lead some people to believe that men strictly like talking about cars and sports while women only gab about fashion. According to data analysis from the Center for Reading Research, that isn’t as ridiculous as it first sounds. The center posted […]

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12 words that are more familiar to men than women

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An antiquated way of thinking might lead some people to believe that men strictly like talking about cars and sports while women only gab about fashion. But some of these stereotypes may have a bit of truth to them, according to data analysis from the Center for Reading Research. The center posted an online vocabulary […]

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Google beat Apple in education, one of its oldest strongholds — but now it’s time for round two (AAPL, GOOG)

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Over the past few years, Apple, which was synonymous with educational technology, has seen its foothold in the classroom slip. In 2013, iPhones, iPads, and Macs made up half of devices sold to American classrooms. Now, Apple products are in third place — behind Google’s Chromebooks and Microsoft Windows, according to a Futuresource Consulting estimate. […]

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11 everyday phrases you might be saying incorrectly

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The English language can be tricky. Homophones — words that sound alike but are spelled differently — aren’t the only trap to avoid. People often use a word in place of one that sounds similar. These malapropisms often have the unfortunate effect of making the speaker seem ignorant. Read below to see 11 examples of […]

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TRUMP: ‘I love to read’

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President Donald Trump was asked about his reading habits during an interview on Fox News Thursday night. Host Tucker Carlson asked Trump, “What do you do at the end of the day? What do you read, what do you watch?” “Well, you know, I love to read,” Trump replied. “Actually, I’m looking at a book, […]

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7 ‘facts’ you learned in school that are no longer true

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Over time, even facts we consider steadfast truths can change. People used to think doctors could forgo washing their hands before surgery. Knowledge is ever-evolving. The seven ideas below probably changed since your school days. Re-educate yourself. SEE ALSO: Inside Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, the New York City boarding school that costs more than Harvard […]

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18 skills you can master in 10 minutes or less

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Rome wasn’t built in a day. The hard truth is that there just aren’t quick fixes for most things in life. It takes time to gain experience and build up an expertise in most fields. That being said, other abilities are easy to pick up after just a few minutes, as this helpful Quora thread […]

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The top 10 law schools in America

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On Tuesday, US News & World Report released its annual ranking of top law schools. Yale School took the highest award as No. 1 in the US. This makes Yale Law the reigning champion every single one of the 23 years US News has rated law schools based on data metrics. Harvard Law School slipped […]

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A New York SAT tutor who charges $1,500 an hour shares his top pieces of advice for nailing the exam

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Gaining acceptance into selective colleges seems harder today than ever before, leading an increasing number of students to turn to test prep for high-stakes standardized tests. Anthony-James Green, a New York City-based SAT and ACT tutor, experiences firsthand the lengths to which families will go to improve their students’ scores. His $1,500-an-hour price tag may […]