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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 23, 2024 8:22:35 GMT -5
The number of applicants would be about 9,500. The number of accepted applicants would be about 1500. The yield, assuming an enrolling class of about 825, would be about 55 percent. Class of 2027 yield was 45 percent.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 20, 2024 17:35:05 GMT -5
A few years ago, there was a HC women's basketball player, a star and maybe even the captain, who had a summer internship on Wall St. with a top firm, Goldman Sachs?, and IIRC, then went to work at that firm after she graduated. High-paying summer internships aren't confined to the IL. For Harvard, for a "typical" financial aid recipient, in 2022-23 (< the cost of attendance was $80,000), $13,000 of that was a "family contribution"; $350 was a student asset contribution (term was not defined); and $2,750 was from student employment (10-12 hours a week) at Harvard during the academic year. (If a student did not want to work, he/she can take out a loan for that amount.) The remainder, $64,500, was covered by scholarship grants. I am not begrudging any Harvard student who has a summer internship at a Boston area financial firm that pays well, with flexible enough hours that an athlete can engage in on-campus strength and conditioning programs. Nor would I begrudge any HC student / athlete who did the same. My second-hand understanding (last decade) is that Harvard athletes working in a Boston area financial firm worked at least half or three quarter days. The NCAA limits off-season workouts to eight hours a week. ---------------------------------------------------- Looked at the Yale roster, selecting seniors (1) who were not majoring in engineering, architecture, sciences, etc., and (2) selected those with majors who might have had a summer internship on Wall Street. For the selected seniors, I then looked for their LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn is screwing with how the links to their LinkedIn profiles are posted. Okay solved it. Click on the / to see their LinkedIn profile. That's not working in all cases either. Okay solved. The profiles appear only if you have already downloaded the LinkedIn profile to your computer. / ^^^ Playing at UNLV with his fifth year of eligibility ^^^ In the NFL combine ^^^ The QB
%E2%80%99shaunte-holloway-0ba23b209/^^^ A RB That link works
/^^^ LB, fifth year at UCLA
/^^^ LB, financial-related employment, but in senior year and post-graduation.
/^^^ A WR, summer internship with Morgan Stanley in Florida Not a very big sample, but for Yale football anyway, no indication that numerous players have summer jobs on Wall St arranged by Yale alums who have made it on Wall St.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 20, 2024 15:21:49 GMT -5
The top 4/5 Ivy football programs have offered their best players $20-25k summer internships for years which consist of showing up to a corporate office for a few hours a week. Call that what you will. They don’t pay $ to their best players in the same way they happen to have ~70-80 Scholi equivalents despite being “non scholarship football” and don’t play in the football postseason cause it would interfere with academics and finals. All a bunch of BS optics. There are many on this board that will think everything you just typed is hogwash. That the precious Ivies would never play loose with the rules. Thank you for further enlightening those that need it. And what rules did the Ivies play loose with?
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 19, 2024 11:37:51 GMT -5
ED for the class of 2027 was 530 of 823.
HC's numbers tend to be high because the ED numbers include 125-150 recruited athletes. Athletes comprise nearly a quarter of the student body.
Questbridge admits for the class of 2028 are 46, these are ED. For the class of 2027, Questbridge admits were 11.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 16, 2024 13:49:36 GMT -5
mm67, It's only been 3.5 years since the last campaign ended - though there is always work going on for a campaign. But if history is prologue for the future, rest assured that no one is standing still. Here's the pattern from the last 2 presidents and capital campaigns the path Vince Rougeau has been following 1. Create Strategic Plan 2. Develop Campus Master Plan 3. Begin "quiet" phase of a 7 year Capital campaign 4. Announce capital campaign when roughly half the campaign goal is raised - which typically with about 4 years left in the campaign. 1 & 2 have occurred. We have seen a couple of large gifts announced already - so it's a pretty good bet we're at step 3 currently. Expect step 4 in about 2 years, so plenty of time for you to get in on naming opportunities during the quiet phase. The VP for Advancement on a recent webinar indicated it will be sooner than two years. I read him as hinting at an announcement later this year.. The timing is being dictated by the goal of raising $500 million, just for the endowment, by 2033. So the campaign goal will be $500 million PLUS. (I capitalized PLUS because the PLUS will not be a small number, given the capital facility needs outlined in the campus master plan, and separately in the athletics strategic plan.) And I am heartened by mm67's stepping up to the plate early. BC started a new capital campaign last fall, for $3.2 billion if memory serves. And with only about a third of that amount raised during the quiet phase. And no campaign emphasis on intercollegiate athletics. There is one on intramurals and the like.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 15, 2024 15:31:59 GMT -5
Excerpted from an email today,
I left staff out of the subject line because the forum software contrains the number of characters that can be in the subject line.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 15, 2024 8:18:09 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 13, 2024 9:35:11 GMT -5
I have an inkling that the articles on this Hiptoro site are generated by Chat/GPT.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 13, 2024 9:27:20 GMT -5
You mean soldiers want more than to be recognized at ball games and have people say, "Thank you for your service?"… In the context of the reparations notion I was responding to, perhaps a discount if one of your Northern ancestors was killed or seriously wounded in the Civil War. It wasn't the Union that fired cannon at Fort Sumter.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 13, 2024 7:42:48 GMT -5
So the source of the predictions for the Commanders late round picks appears to be someone called Hiptoro News. Here is the link to his Twitter account. twitter.com/HiptoroNews
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 12, 2024 19:46:22 GMT -5
Query PP: why did the Jesuit's successful commercial enterprises in the West Indies (successful due to the reliance on slave labor) result in them being suppressed in France? Was there an active anti slave movement in France as early as 1761? They ran very large sugar plantations, and also refined the sugar. They apparently also traded in spices. These commercial enterprises provided substantial financial support for the Jesuit system of education in the province of Paris. The Jesuits were particularly interested in educating children of the middle class, or upper middle class. This cost money, and records of the accounts for the province reveal that this effort at educational outreach, so to speak, was hemorrhaging francs. In the course of the Seven Years War (French and Indian War on this side of the pond) the British navy captured ten ships that had sailed from the West indies with their cargo of sugar. This cargo was already under contract to French merchants, who had already paid the Jesuits for it. The money received for the cargo of sugar had been spent, and now the Jesuits were in commercial breach, having neither the sugar, nor the money to repay the merchants. This was not the only factor that led to their suppression in France, but it was a major factor. A recent article in "America" on the Jesuit plantations in Haiti. These seem to have existed only to support the Jesuit mission in that country. www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/06/17/jesuits-slavery-haiti-plantations-243171
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 12, 2024 18:09:53 GMT -5
Without the suppression of the Jesuits in France (1761-64) partly as a consequence of their commercial enterprises in the West Indies there would be no college in Worcester named Holy Cross. These commercial enterprises produced high-value agricultural products which were shipped to France. The enterprises consisted of large plantations relying on slave labor. The number of slaves was far greater than those held by the Maryland province. (Archaeological digs at these plantations have unearthed iron neck collars.) Jesuit missionaries at the time acted as representatives of both the Holy See and the French king. They counterbalanced efforts by the English king and Protestant Britain in the exploration and conquest of North America. With the Jesuits suppressed, the French king and the Holy See turned to ordinary French priests as their replacements,. One such priest was Claude Bouchard de la Poterie, who arrived in Boston in 1788. Abbe Burchard said the first Catholic mass in Massachusetts, and perhaps in all of New England. thewestendmuseum.org/history/era/west-boston/the-west-end-hosts-the-first-catholic-service-in-boston/When Abbe Bouchard arrived in Boston, he had brought with him a relic of the True Cross. (The relic is a fraud, but that's another story.) Abbe Bouchard subsequently proceeded to establish the first Catholic church in Boston, which he named the Church of the Holy Cross, and intended that the church be a place where a relic of the True Cross could be venerated. Fenwick chose to name the College of the Holy Cross after the Church [Cathedral] of the Holy Cross.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 12, 2024 10:51:32 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 12, 2024 10:26:09 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 10, 2024 8:39:27 GMT -5
What was the thinking behind changing names? I would think Dutchmen pays homage to the founders like Friars does at Providence College but obviously there is another point of view. Mascots that are gender and ethnocentric may not reflect the current demographics of a college or university. Dutchmen at Union and Flying Dutchmen at Hofstra clearly do not reflect the current population. While Union original roots were from the Dutch Reform Church, Chartered in 1795, Union was the first non-denominational institution of higher education in the United States. Students enrolled at Union College in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Female (29.2%), followed by White Male (18.4%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (12.8%). As colleges and universities seek to attract students, mascot identity from an ethnocentric or religious standpoint is often viewed as a barrier in recruitment. For example, Elon University mascot, “The Fighting Christians” was changed to The Phoenix”, as that university decided that they should expand their student population from the southern Bible Belt to throughout the United States looking at students from Christian as well as non Christian denominations and demographics. As we have seen, there are certain exceptions to that viewpoint, namely the University of Notre Dame du Lac. The enrolled student population at University of Notre Dame is 62.5% White, 11.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.94% Asian, 4.81% Two or More Races, 3.3% Black or African American, 0.183% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.114% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. At the point in the 21st Century when the demographics have changed regarding the ethnicity at Notre Dame, the mascot and iconography may be under review. Holy Cross for the class entering in the fall of 2023: 67% White 13.7% Hispanic 5.6% Black 3% Asian (Does not add to 100 percent) BC for the class entering fall of 2021 (most recent CDS available) 60.2% White 11.4% Asian BC has had more success enrolling Asians. This may be because BC admissions has focused on California for several decades.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 10, 2024 8:11:20 GMT -5
I'd like to see HC buy Rotmans and turn it into a 1)Crusader Sports Museum, and 2)some sort of football game day experience venue (haven't thought this part out). Maybe Crossports could lease some office space. A Holy Cross Sports Museum is strongly being considered and in the preliminary planning stages in the Hart Center as part of the Hall of Fame. I would expect to see it being constructed within the next five years once the money is raised. It will have exhibits as well as interactive displays featuring video such as Purple Reign and highlights of significant victories, thinking the 1988 Princeton game, etc. This is in conjunction with a renovated rink, with expanded seating?
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 9, 2024 8:28:59 GMT -5
Below is the full text of an opinion article in today's Dealbook, a NY Times newsletter on business and finance. Authored by Joe Nocera. Bolding mine.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 8, 2024 14:32:30 GMT -5
Since Larry Lucchino ceased being a majority owner in December when the WooSox were sold, the new owners, a NY company, may not be much interested in the trouble and expense of hosting one football game a year. And with Luuchino out of the picture, there no longer is an association with HC, and the EBW Classic.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 4, 2024 9:24:46 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 29, 2024 20:39:25 GMT -5
The NY Times some months ago was calculating economic equity, and used endowment $ per undergraduate. Which is wrong. Why? I'm not following... Endowment per student is measured against total student enrollment. An endowment is for the entirety of a university, including graduate schools and professional schools. Georgetown, for example, has about 20,000 students total, of whom 7,000 are undergraduates. In the case of HC and most other LACs, endowment per student = endowment per undergraduate student because there are no graduate students. University of Richmond, for example, would be an exception, as it has a law school. Washington & Lee also has a law school.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 29, 2024 14:41:56 GMT -5
There are, however, a number of non-Ivies with impressive endowments (e.g. Rice at 7.8 B and Pomona at 2.8 B). This is the company we want to keep--colleges with the highest endowments per student. One site has HC ranked #82 In endowment per student The NY Times some months ago was calculating economic equity, and used endowment $ per undergraduate. Which is wrong.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 29, 2024 12:51:16 GMT -5
The two malfunctioning cams have disappeared from the inventory. The Hoval and O'Kane cams remain. When there were four cams, they were described as North, South, East, West views. That nomenclature has also disappeared from the descriptors.
Phreek will inquire.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 28, 2024 11:43:36 GMT -5
Is tuition free an achievable goal? Of course room & board would be excluded but financial aid would be provided for those who need it. This would be accompanied with a return to SAT?ACT as one factor in the admissions process. Expenses would need strict oversight & control. Overall are athletics a net positive or negative for the school budget? I realize it's difficult to ascertain given increased alum giving due to sports competition. Heard a late HC Pres state the obvious "It's easier to raise money when the football team is 10-0." Would tuition free alums be more likely to donate as a give back to HC for the fine tuition free education they received at HC? Will HC continue to be the shining"city" on the hill? If one goes tuition-free for all, then the endowment has reached a financial state that alums may ask, 'Why do I need to give?' The richest of universities have not gone tuition free. What they have done is increase financial aid (including room and board) to very generous levels for many. Harvard for example, has increased aid to the point that an applicant with a family income of $150,000 will pay no more than 10 percent of the cost of attendance. (<<From memory.) And what these colleges also are increasingly doing is awarding fellowships and study grants over the summer for travel, research, internships, so that the student on financial aid does not need to work at a Wal-Mart for the family income contribution.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 28, 2024 7:45:34 GMT -5
It would be less.
In 2023, HC net revenue from tuition and fees was $116 million. (Net revenue from room and board was $40 million.)
$2.5 billion in endowment value at a 4.75% annual distribution would provide an appropriation of $118.7 million, and HC would be tuition and fees free. But most would still pay for room and board
In financial aid, there are often external sources of aid, e.g., Pell grants, which is included in the aid total.
By my calculus, it would take about $275 million in increased endowment value (at a 4.75 percent distribution) to end the current loan component of HC financial aid.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 26, 2024 18:12:34 GMT -5
That brings the MAC to 13 football members.
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