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Harvard’s Porcellian Club: All You Need to Know

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This exclusivity sometimes led to criticism, particularly regarding the club’s lack of diversity and its exclusion of women and minorities. It promoted a sense of elitism, as its members were often from influential backgrounds, and their social connections extended beyond the university.

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What are the “Southern Ivies”?

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News and World Report ’s list of National Universities in 2002 to #13 in 2022. With two undergraduate schools —Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering—Duke offers students a choice of 53 majors, 52 minors, and 23 interdisciplinary certificates. of applicants to its freshman class.

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Volume 22, Issue 3 – June 2023

THE SOUTHERN SCOPE – COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BLOG

However, after a second denial by the University of California, Davis, he sued in state court challenging the constitutionality of the school’s affirmative action program, one which featured the set aside of 16 of its 100 seats for minority students. The University of California system appealed to the Supreme Court.

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Where Did Pete Buttigieg Go to College?

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At Harvard, Buttigieg was heavily involved in the IOP, ultimately being elected president of the Student Advisory Committee in December 2002. In the summer of 2002, Buttigieg interned at WMAQ-Channel 5, the NBC-owned station in Chicago.