Harvard WSJ article

Colleges & Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>I was reading the WSJ like I generally do, and in the weekend journal, there's a pretty good editorial about the harvard admissions stuff this week. it's light hearted and is a pretty good read.</p>

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<p>well, paste away and save us a dollar, please</p>

<p>(or having to get out of pajamas, if we wore them)</p>

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<p>can you post the link?</p>

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<p>He (John Fund) has had two heavily-discussed pieces lately on "Ivy" doings:</p>

<p>The first on the Yale/Taliban flap, and the second - to which you probably refer - captioned "Getting Into Harvard: Two Cheers for American Higher Education".</p>

<p>Both are available online.</p>

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<li><p><a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110008127%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110008127&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/hottopic/?id=110008145%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/hottopic/?id=110008145&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li>
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<p>i don't know the link, i order the paper</p>

<p><a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/hottopic/?id=110008145%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/hottopic/?id=110008145&lt;/a> is the article about harvard i mean, not the first one</p>

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<p>See above for that link, and another.</p>

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<p>PICCOLO?!! The reign of the oboe has ended,...</p>

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<p>Oboe artists are a dime a dozen, now. What's needed are trumpet and trombone players.</p>

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<p>i have 3 of those thing... minority, 4.0 gpa, and rare EC ...
so, things are looking good hopefully.</p>

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What's needed are trumpet and trombone players.

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<p>WOOT! I play trombone! Maybe I'm not completely out of the running after all, lol.</p>

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<p>Hear that, lads and lassies? The future is brass!!
(pawn your oboes)</p>

<p>Although, by then, might be harps,..
(but never ever triangles)</p>

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<p>Make sure to say your life's ambition is to play in the Harvard Band on Saturday's at the Stadium. More brass is always needed. </p>

<p>There are already more than enough orchestras, wind ensembles, chamber groups, etc etc etc. IMHO!</p>

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<p>Great! Glad to hear that there has been a shift. D1 got in to H playing a bassoon. But I trembled for D2's chances coming up in a couple of years, because she is playing French horn in high school. Maybe she had the right idea after all.</p>