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We do not ask for transcripts at my office (pediatric medicine). My husband is a physicist, and he was not asked for a transcript in 2001 when he got his current job. My friend's husband has been job hunting for 4 years and to the best of my knowledge, he has not once been asked for a transcript. He is also a physicist and has worked some for govt. contractors.
Just as an aside, it's a sad state of affairs when a highly educated person such as the "Rocket Scientist" you speak of cannot find a job in 4 years.
The Act was passed by the House in 1973, the Senate in
Feb 1974. So, it really "happened" under the Nixon administration.
Why it took so long to sign, well Dick had other things on his plate....
The law was introduced by William Buckley's brother
who was a senator at the time.
Still, I don't think it was ever intended to be a protection for
public officials. But then Congress passes a lot of laws with
unintended consequence.
Geez, you sound like someone who never counseled/mentored a student who was accepted into Harvard.
The children of rich parents, who can pay Harvard's full tuition, may be able to buy their way into Harvard. Not so for scholarship/loan students - they must be well rounded, academically superior students.
You didn't word it that way the other time. You said Harvard only takes superior students....
If you had worded it the way you just did, I would not have come back with my
snarky comment
You didn't word it that way the other time. You said Harvard only takes superior students....
If you had worded it the way you just did, I would not have come back with my
snarky comment
Even the rich students have to meet entrance requirements that would place them in the superior range, when compared to all US high school students. Scholarship/loan students have to be exceptionally superior. President Obama went to Harvard as a scholarship/loan student.
Even the rich students have to meet entrance requirements that would place them in the superior range, when compared to all US high school students. Scholarship/loan students have to be exceptionally superior. President Obama went to Harvard as a scholarship/loan student.
I was thinking the elites, the endowment crowd.
Harvard gets around 32 Billion in endowments a YEAR, followed by Yale at 19B.
Not always superior, JFK Jr comes to mind - academically that is.
Harvard gets around 32 Billion in endowments a YEAR, followed by Yale at 19B.
No... that's not how endowments work. An endowment is not how much they get in a year. It is how much it is worth on average in a year. It's money in the bank, not income.
Even the rich students have to meet entrance requirements that would place them in the superior range, when compared to all US high school students. Scholarship/loan students have to be exceptionally superior. President Obama went to Harvard as a scholarship/loan student.
Well, in the interest of full fairness, more than one Ivy League institution has had to change that policy. It turned out that the sons & daughters of the rich and powerful - many of whom could barely scrape by with all the coaching and guidance that money could buy - were creamed, academically, by those who had to get in on pure academic prowess. A highly embarrassing situation - the plebs were getting ideas beyond their station and failed to show proper respect for the gentleman's C. So now there are arcane criteria for admission - "well-rounded personality" or "fitting in with the culture", making sure that the left side of the bell curve isn't entirely taken up by the legacy students.
No... that's not how endowments work. An endowment is not how much they get in a year. It is how much it is worth on average in a year. It's money in the bank, not income.
Or success in creating exceptional graduates who give back.
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