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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 10 Nov 92 23:08:41 GMT
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- In <1992Nov10.53953.20423@ms.uky.edu> msunde01@mik.uky.edu (Mark Underwood) writes:
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- >OK, I will admit (even agree) that the selection from NM Semifinalist to
- >Finalist is a manner of popularity contest. However, the selection of
- >Semifinalists is merely a measure of success on standardized tests, where
- >at least the selection of Finalist takes into consideration the
- >recommendations of teachers and one's ability to write a good, short B.S.
- >"Why I deserve this" essay . . . and therefore is more of a measure of the
- >student than the Semifinalist measure. I, too, have friends (several) who
- >were more deserving of my scholarship than I. I did not mean to imply
- >that the difference was so great or that they were not deserving, just
- >that there WERE rather difficult (if subjective, and they WERE subjective)
- >selection criteria for the Finalist standing, and that it was not merely a
- >formality of sorts. BTW let's drop this, as it really isn't that
- >important and certainly doesn't relate to the group.
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- I was turned down for Finalist status because I went directly from high
- school to graduate school.
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