[Phys-L] Re: On the Impact of Standards

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

Back in the fifties when I was considering colleges, I heard that CIT
was difficult to get admitted and difficult to get kicked out.  Why? the
procedure of getting in cost the Institute, their std. was VERY high,
and it looked bad if they kicked a student out.  So they did all
reasonable to help students pass their courses, e.g. tutoring,
counseling, etc.  They and I suspect the belief was any problem was not
ability, but psychological.

I suspect this is still true (especially the v. high std.) for the
heavily endowed institutions, e.g. Harvard, CIT, MIT, etc.

bc, who foolishly applied to only one college

Arlyn DeBruyckere wrote:
> I'm sorry that you are insulted. I have no experience with MIT. I do
> have experience with other colleges here in Minnesota, including some
> private colleges that advertise having better  students and
> programs. One particular student who asked me to write an
> "evaluation" for her for a local private college had scored a 17 on
> the  ACT. I don't know what the national average is but I do know
> many students who have scores in the 30's. I know that for this
> particular college the "cut off" for admission is 21. This particular

cut
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