Harvard U has just announced that it will no longer check applicants' home equity status and academic levels in admissions.As a matter of fact Harvard will be offering aid to those so called low achievers so that they can come aboard.The current thread on Tips of the effect of early environment and IQ status could be tested by the new Harvard model.My feeling is that when those low income and mortgage-challenged enter Harvard,they will be motivated just by the power and demands of the situation by just being at Harvard,I personally feel that we should abolish IQ and intelligence from our vocabulary .They have the appearance of being pre-deterministic and deterministic and kills hope for futuristic achievements. Harvard's new approach could point out the strerility of Eurocentric concepts like IQ and intelligence and predictability and demonstrates the positive effects of just "being there."
Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida ---
