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Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes TV Special, Dec. 25 - 21 years ago
John T. Whelan '91 wrote: ...which makes it sound like she's in mortal danger... Well, she is considering Harvard. Those looking for an alternative to Sarah at 8pm Christmas night can watch an ESPN Classic rebroadcast of the event that made Lake Placid famous.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes TV Special, Dec. 25 - 21 years ago
Sarah's show is at 7pm EST tonight on the Boston and Providence NBC stations. Brad Chartrand's Kings are on ESPN2 tonight at 8pm ESTby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Maine vs. Cornell - 21 years ago
There oughta be a law against three-week layoffs in the middle of the season.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Maine vs. Cornell - 21 years ago
I hope to get it next Saturday; or am I--literally--missin' sumpin'.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes TV Special, Dec. 25 - 21 years ago
Who needs six minutes of the NBA?by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Back-up goalies - 21 years ago
John T. Whelan '91 wrote: So was ... Weder?by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [More TV] ECAC deal - 21 years ago
What's worst of all is we lose a televised game at Lynah.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
Tom Pasniewski '98 wrote: Sorry, haven't had a chance to chime in - you know work and all. Well I never saw this debate coming But we haven't even debated variations in admission criteria across the colleges and specific majors and how that varies with early decision and regular admission. I'm getting a real headache.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Dammit - 21 years ago
Bill R '94 wrote: Oh well, at least I can get a pizza at Pepe's. No small consolation, I might add.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
Adam '04 wrote: Also, it is most likely that students that apply ED have higher quality application as a whole. I'm delighted to agree to disagree.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Nieuwy 500 Countdown: 3 - 21 years ago
Thought that was never gonna happen. Maybe he'll relax and they'll start to go in again.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
Or perhaps you should. If, as the first paragraph you cite states, "...at ED schools, the credentials of early applicants are nearly equal on average to those of regular applicants," then why is the acceptance rate so much higher for early applicants? I'm not sure I understand the point you're making with the second quote, but I hope you noticed the big If in the middle of it. Perhby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
Well, if you really want to check the methodology, you can go here: I'll confess I haven't read it--and probably won't.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
All homework is welcome, CUlater. This is excerpted from Jim Fallowes's article in The Atlantic: "The real question about the ED skew is whether the prospects for any given student differ depending on when he or she applies. Last fall Christopher Avery, of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and several colleagues produced smoking-gun evidence that they do. The authors analyzed five yeby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: ECAC Championship Tickets - 21 years ago
Yep, Central is an accurate descriptor.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: Ken Dryden video - 21 years ago
I was poking in the Hockey Hall of Fame and US Hockey Hall of Fame web sites for the "prestige" thread on USCHO and came across some things I hadn't seen before on the former site's Ken Dryden page. This page has a great picture of "the pose," in his Cornell face mask, too. Then click on the "video" link to see some highlights of his 1971 Conn Smythe-winningby Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes TV Special, Dec. 25 - 21 years ago
Good. Thanks. A Christmas treat.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes TV Special, Dec. 25 - 21 years ago
I'm sorry to confuse things, but I thought I'd read in The Cape Cod Times that the Sarah Hughes special would be shown on Sunday, December 22.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [More TV] ECAC deal - 21 years ago
And we get to debate the pros and cons of Bob Norton again.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
Thanks for the links, bra. Saved me from going to the library to reread Fallowes's piece. Yes, when I was in high school--long ago, I regret to say--early decisions was the route to an easier admissions hurdle, and used primarily by those for whom financial aid was immaterial. The original article is clearly worth reading if this issue is of interest to you. I haven't yet read the follow-up.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
Well, this interview (copyrighted 2001) with Yale's admissions director, Richard Shaw, is excerpted from the Yale Herald, which (I think) is an internal Yale news vehicle: "He adds that he doesn't know if early acceptances are the place to look for diversity, since the early decision pool is traditionally very homogeneous. Don't worry, he says, we'll get the minorities in the next round.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: 2007 update - 21 years ago
Jeff Kahn '70 wrote: His continued perserverence and hard work actually managed to get him (please excuse the cliche) a cup of coffee in the NHL as a player. And not many "cups" were tasted by college grads in those days.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
Feel free to look at it however you wish, Neil.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
CUlater '89 wrote: Unless things have changed significantly since 1984, when I was applying to colleges, there is no way that the early decision/admission period is when the "admission bar is at its lowest". Schools were much more selective as to admissions in December, as opposed to April. Do some homework. That simply isn't the case.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
Neil Shapiro '83 wrote: I take a slight exception to characterizing early decision as "when the admission bar is lowest" Well, like it or not, it's a fact. Good luck trying to bring all secondary school counseling departments to an equal level. Not many "legacies" in the neighborhoods I mentioned above.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: [OT] Sarah Hughes and Harvard? - 21 years ago
The issue, Neil, is that if you're going to school in Harlem or Watts or Dorchester, you're less likely to be made aware of early decision, while, if you're from a Summit, NJ, or Greenwich, CT, school, you certainly will be. And early decision is when the admissions bar is lowest, and when the slots start getting filled.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: LeNeveu and World Juniors - 21 years ago
Oops, forgot. Maybe they've all been taking a course on How to win friends and influence people?by Al DeFlorio - Hockey
Re: LeNeveu and World Juniors - 21 years ago
Two days after the fact, the sports information folks finally got around to announcing it on CornellBigRed.by Al DeFlorio - Hockey