Tag / high school
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Kavanaugh And Ford: The Hierarchy of Single-Sex Schools
I am a 2017 graduate of Holton-Arms School, the same high school that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford attended. As a Holton student, my group of friends consistently interacted with the all-boys high schools based in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV), particularly with boys from the Landon School. Personally, I rarely hung out with boys from…
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Constructions of Identity
I came into college with my hands completely empty; no baggage from who I was perceived to be in high school, no personal agenda to make the “right” friends, no urgency to establish my M.O. I was an architect with absolutely no complete blueprints to show—pieces, yes. Sketches, post-it notes, but nothing finished. And I…
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The Misunderstood SAT
BY NICOLAS HINSCH No obstacle along the college admissions gauntlet attracts so much criticism as the SAT. Scores on the SAT or ACT are second in importance only to grades in determining college admissions decisions, and by the time students take the test, there is little they can do to dramatically improve their performance. It…
