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  2. Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard - Wikipedia

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    Harvard also stated that its personal rating "reflects a wide range of valuable information in the application, such as an applicant’s personal essays, responses to short answer questions, recommendations from teachers and guidance counselors, alumni interview reports, staff interviews, and any additional letters or information provided by ...

  3. Position paper - Wikipedia

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    Position paper. A position paper (sometimes position piece for brief items) is an essay that presents an arguable opinion about an issue – typically that of the author or some specified entity. Position papers are published in academia, in politics, in law and other domains. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that the ...

  4. Essay - Wikipedia

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    Essay. An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal and informal: formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization ...

  5. Haidbauer incident - Wikipedia

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    A letter in August 1926 to Wittgenstein from a friend of his, Ludwig Hänsel, indicated that the hearings were continuing, but nothing is known about the case after that. Wittgenstein's family was one of the wealthiest in Europe at the time, and Waugh writes that they may have managed to cover things up. [ 4 ]

  6. Higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A US Department of Education longitudinal survey of 15,000 high school students in 2002 and 2012, found that 84% of the 27-year-old students had some college education, but only 34% achieved a bachelor's degree or higher; 79% owe some money for college and 55% owe more than $10,000; college dropouts were three times more likely to be unemployed ...

  7. Letter to the editor - Wikipedia

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    A letter to the editor[1] (LTE) is a letter sent to a publication about an issue of concern to the reader. Usually, such letters are intended for publication. In many publications, letters to the editor may be sent either through conventional mail or electronic mail. Letters to the editor are most frequently associated with newspapers and news ...

  8. Graduate Record Examinations - Wikipedia

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    In addition to GRE scores, admission to graduate schools depends on several other factors, such as GPA, letters of recommendation, and statements of purpose. [48] Furthermore, unlike other standardized admissions tests (such as the SAT , LSAT , and MCAT ), the use and weight of GRE scores vary considerably not only from school to school, but ...

  9. Teacher's brutally honest letter about teaching is going viral

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    The letter addresses low teacher salaries, large class sizes, budget cuts, and the realities teachers deal with on a daily basis. Wedel first addressed parents, urging them to take a more active ...