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  2. History of Harvard University - Wikipedia

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    Harvard: An Architectural History (1985). 350 pp. Carpenter, Kenneth E. The First 350 Years of the Harvard University Library: Description of an Exhibition (1986). 216 pp. Cruikshank, Jeffrey L. A Delicate Experiment: The Harvard Business School. 1908–1945 (1987). 303 pp. Cuno, James et al. Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting (1996 ...

  3. Harvard University Department of History - Wikipedia

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    The Department of History is frequently cited as one of the premier institutions for the study of history. [15] [16] U.S. News & World Report ranks the department at #4. [17] According to the QS World University rankings in history, Harvard has consistently ranked first among history faculties worldwide from 2020 to 2023. [18]

  4. Application essay - Wikipedia

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    An admissions or application essay, sometimes also called a personal statement or a statement of purpose, is an essay or other written statement written by an applicant, often a prospective student applying to some college, university, or graduate school. The application essay is a common part of the university and college admissions process.

  5. Committee on Degrees in Social Studies - Wikipedia

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    At Harvard University, the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies is a committee that runs the honors-only, interdisciplinary concentration in social science subjects for undergraduate students. Founded in 1960, it reflects the belief that the study of the social world requires an integration of the disciplines of history, political science ...

  6. Legacy preferences - Wikipedia

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    Currently, the Ivy League institutions are estimated to admit 10% to 15% of each entering class using legacy admissions. [21] For example, in the 2008 entering undergraduate class, the University of Pennsylvania admitted 41.7% of legacies who applied during the early decision admissions round and 33.9% of legacies who applied during the regular admissions cycle, versus 29.3% of all students ...

  7. Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and ...

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    In addition to its own master's and PhD programs, GSAS nominally oversees the PhD programs in Harvard's professional schools: Harvard Business School, Harvard Divinity School, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Medical School, the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and the John F ...

  8. University and college admission - Wikipedia

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    Some universities (e.g. Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Imperial College, King's College London or University College London) and some disciplines (e.g. medicine) routinely require shortlisted candidates to attend an interview and/or complete special admissions tests [33] before deciding whether to make an offer. In the absence of tests and ...

  9. Thomas Hollis (1659–1731) - Wikipedia

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    For example, in 1721, he established the Hollis Chair of Divinity at Harvard, with a salary of £80 per year, with the stipulation that Baptists be included for consideration. This broadening constituted a form of dissent from strict adherence to the orthodoxy of the day, where New England's reform Protestantism was being buffeted by ripples ...