In applying to a typically competitive school, her classmates were looking at odds like 1 in 4 or maybe 1 in 10.
Nirav and Anish were in Advanced Placement classes and maintained impressive averages, but felt they were less devoutly competitive than many classmates, who worried about every fraction of their grade averages, calculated to three decimal places.
The program is "very competitive," Holmes' university classmate said.
Throughout their lives, they tend to be more competitive and conservative than classmates.
James Holmes, who is accused of shooting 71 people, killing 12, in a crowded theater at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie Friday, was a smart, quiet first-year student in a highly competitive graduate program, former classmates said.
Also, like old classmates, they were very competitive with each other in a fun way.
By "we," Nash is including his injured classmates Kevin Coble and Jeff Ryan; by "what," he means making Northwestern competitive in Big Ten basketball.
The two men have known each other since they were classmates at Harvard Law, and have a close, if competitive, political partnership.
In his excellent book "For Discrimination" (a defense of affirmative action), Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy approvingly cites academics who say that the theory underestimates the advantages minority applicants receive from attending highly competitive schools even if they earn lower grades than their classmates.
You receive the accolades of your teacher and your classmates, including those who applied to the same highly competitive college.
