Harvard made it so easy

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Like many of my contemporaries, I found choosing universities, completing my UCAS form and attending interviews and open days a difficult and rather confusing business.
'; Text[1]=' I intend to study civil engineering, my preferences were for Bath, Bristol, Durham, Imperial and Nottingham. In addition, my parents and my school, Christ College, Brecon, were keen '; Text[2]=' I should apply to Cambridge - although for what I thought were the wrong reasons. Parents tend to believe that Oxbridge is best; schools tend to be judged by the number of pupils '; Text[3]=' send there.
After visiting my chosen universities, sometimes alone, sometimes with '; Text[4]=' parents, I was offered conditional places at all of '; Text[5]='. In the end, however, I decided on Bath. Its graduates have an excellent employment record and the facilities, including '; Text[6]=' for sport, are superb.
However, I also applied to Cambridge and, to my surprise, '; Text[7]=' invited to interviews. The university offered me accommodation for the night, '; Text[8]=' meant that I had a glimpse of college social '; Text[9]=', including dinner followed by drinks with the dean, all '; Text[10]=' which was very enjoyable.
The next day, though, I came down to '; Text[11]=' with a bang. The first interview was dreadful. The interviewer seemed to denigrate my achievements and belittle my school '; Text[12]=' headmaster.
The two other interviews were unexceptional, but I was left with '; Text[13]=' an unpleasant after-taste that I felt completely disenchanted '; Text[14]=' the university.
I know Cambridge has hundreds of applicants all with similar achievements and predicted grades but most of them are only 17 '; Text[15]=' old and not sufficiently experienced to rebuff a much older (and wiser?) person, particularly at such an important '; Text[16]='. Later, talking to my contemporaries, I discovered that my experience was not unusual. So imagine my surprise '; Text[17]=' Cambridge offered me a place.
Now I had a real problem. My instinct was still for Bath, where I felt I '; Text[18]=' be happy pursuing a course that was well suited '; Text[19]=' me, but my parents and school were arguing for Cambridge, saying I should not turn down '; Text[20]=' an opportunity.
But the situation was even more complicated. I had also been attracted by the idea of going to an American university and my mother had contacted Harvard. Now, the prospectus arrived and I '; Text[21]=' told I had three days to read the extensive material and complete all '; Text[22]=' forms.
I then had to familiarize myself with the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), which all applicants to American universities '; Text[23]=' required to take. The Fulbright Commission in London sent me '; Text[24]=' information and I was able to order back copies of the tests.
In addition to what is known '; Text[25]=' the Sat 1, which is a multiple-choice test of English and numerical reasoning, Ivy League universities such as Harvard require applicants to '; Text[26]=' the Sat 2 in three selected subjects. Both tests last three hours and can be sat in many centers across the United Kingdom, '; Text[27]=' not on the same day.
After that, an interview was arranged with a Harvard graduate. It took place in Cardiff and lasted about an hour. My interviewer told '; Text[28]=' at the outset that he was not interested in my academic ability as that '; Text[29]=' been covered by the Sats. It was me he wanted to know '; Text[30]='. The whole interview was very relaxed - a world away from my experience at Cambridge.
Just before Christmas, I had a phone call from Harvard; my application had been '; Text[31]='. A lady in admissions drawled "congratulations" to a very dumb-struck young woman.
From then '; Text[32]=', information and correspondence flooded in: letters, e-mails, phone '; Text[33]='; almost every week something new arrived. The university authorities\' attention to detail and the amount '; Text[34]=' information and guidance offered has astounded '; Text[35]='. I have had nothing like it from the British universities, who simply seem to let you know the A-level grades '; Text[36]=' which the offer of a place depends.
In January, I '; Text[37]=' sent details of my financial aid package, which includes an arts and science scholarship. I also received an invitation to attend an "open weekend" at Harvard, '; Text[38]=' was arranged to coincide with my Easter holiday. So, last month, I flew '; Text[39]=' Boston.
What a reception. I was met at the airport by a freshman with a big smile and taken to the university '; Text[40]=' taxi. A special programme had been arranged encompassing my interests '; Text[41]=' hobbies. I stayed with a foreign student first and then an English girl.
Everyone went out of '; Text[42]=' way to make me feel welcome. I attended lectures, met tutors, went to student events, shopped in Boston and generally soaked '; Text[43]=' the culture.
The whole experience was so positive and informative and, taking into '; Text[44]=' all that the university has to offer, my decision was fairly easy to make. Yes, I am '; Text[45]=' to Harvard at the end of August.'; State = new Array(); function StartUp(){ //Try to get user name UserName = prompt('Please enter your name and ID number',''); UserName += ''; if ((UserName.substring(0,4) == 'null')||(UserName.length < 1)){ UserName = prompt('Please enter your name and ID number',''); UserName += ''; if ((UserName.substring(0,4) == 'null')||(UserName.length < 1)){ window.location = PreviousPage; } } var i = 0; State.length = 0; for (i=0; i -1){ var TotalChars = GetGapValue(i).length; State[i][3] = (TotalChars-State[i][1])/TotalChars; if (State[i][0] > 0){State[i][3] = State[i][3]/2;} if (State[i][3]<0){State[i][3] = 0;} State[i][4] = 1; } else{ //Otherwise, add zero to the array and increment the hints for this item, as a penalty State[i][1]++; State[i][3] = 0; //then set the flag AllCorrect = 0; } } } //Calculate the total score var TotalScore = 0; for (i=0; i'; } Output += YourScoreIs + ' ' + TotalScore + '%.
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