Each application received points based on high school grade point average, standardized test scores, academic quality of an applicant's high school, strength or weakness of high school curriculum, in-state residency, alumni relationship, personal essay, and personal achievement or leadership.
It computed an index score for each applicant by assigning numerical points for academic factors such as high school grades, admissions test scores, quality of high school, strength of curriculum; and for nonacademic factors such as being a resident of Michigan, a child of an alumnus, a recruited athlete, or a member of "an underrepresented minority group".
The personality of the institution, the alumni network, the career opportunities, the curriculum and faculty, and other school strengths are more important.
Make sure you've read the latest Ofsted report - it will tell you a lot about the school strengths and weaknesses.
Furthermore, it is a school improvement process that is logical, structured, based on analysis of current school strengths and weaknesses, and referenced to a specific and comprehensive set of 'adolescent-friendly' quality standards.
Some experts warn that surveys like this, and the numerous business-school rankings published every year, tend to ignore the large variations in students' needs and schools' strengths.
How could teachers, principals and parents "understand schools' strengths and weaknesses" let alone "make necessary changes" on the basis of a letter grade?
At the Bullis School in Potomac, Md., Billy Miller, the school's strength coach, created workouts designed to reduce the risk of knee injuries, but he is allowed to do them with only some of the teams.
By the end of the month, the school's strength included 105 officers and men, 1 civilian instructor, and 26 students.
As of 30 April 1942, the school's strength was 845 personnel, including 319 students, the increase owing to an influx of staff and students from No. 2 EFTS and No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School in Tamworth, New South Wales, both of which had been disbanded in March.
The school's strengths are industrial economics, market regulation and economic theory.
