- s II I -IL I I I-I Il · I g I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~llI I - I~~~~~~~~~~~ 201:1 admitted Class of '94 Standardized Exam Scores to Class of '94 Language I By Katherine Shim The mean standardized test scores of 2011 students admitted to the History ACH H Class of 1994 were comparable to those of last year, according to Associate Director of Admissions Elizabeth H. Johnson. The admissions reflect changes that were instituted last year in the Science ACH system used to rate applicants. The changes resulted in significantly higher test scores in the . Class of 1993 compared with those of previous years. Math ACH The average math score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test was 739, while the average score in verbal was 639. Average American College _~~~~a) Test scores were 33 on the math section and 30 on the verbal section. C a) These do not vary significantly with last year, when the SAT math Verbal SAT J-i mean was 741 and the verbal mean was 640. On Achievement Tests, the average score of the incoming class was- C 749 on the ACH-math, 649 'onthe ACH-science, and 641 on the ACH- . -0 Engiish, comparable to the Class of 1993. SAT Math , The number of students with SAT math scores in the highest brack- et. (between 750 _1000 ~ ~oc~~ I and-800) was 1049, compared with 972 students the 4z previous year. These students comprised 52 percent of the accepted 1, pool, compared with 51 percent last year. 200 400 600 800 "Two things were emphasized by the admissions committee," John- son stated. "Firstly, the student must possess the scores and grades to Mean Scores of Accepted Students 1 ... do well academically at MIT. Secondly, the student- must have some- thing to contribute to MIT as well as be able to get something out of I I --1 I ILI -I _L IP d Irll i·I_ -- it.... This process was very similar in type- to last year." Also like last year, the Admissions Committee is expecting an en- rolling class of about 1050. The figure of 2011 admitted students does not- include -students who will be offered places from the wait list, Committee alters ring design Johnson said. MIT accepted 2018 people last year. By Niraj S. Desai lusion to Columbus ignored the continent, would also be I The major change in this year's admissions process was that more TheClass of 1992 Ring Com- exploitation of Native Americans changed. faculty members were involved. Last year, eight faculty members, all mittee hlas voted to alter the de- and did not deserve to be Ring sparks complaints -from science and engineering departments, read applications. This sign of the class ring in response commemorated. i year, 39 faculty members from all departments of the Institute to concerns raised by Native In the new design, the clothing Native American students and contributed to the decision-making process. American students. of the scholar has been revised so others complained soon after its Applications to MIT declined by five percent from last year. This The original design, released a that he no longer appears to be premiere that the original ring drop followed a national pattern this year, with most other colleges month ago, commemorated the in a Columbus costume, but in design was offensive to Native reporting five- to ten-percent decreases in applicants, said Director of 500th anniversary of Columbus' more traditional garb. Americans in that it celebrated Admissions Michael-C. Behnke in a ietter addressed to the admissions voyage by dressing the scholar The vote to change the ring de- Columbus' "discovery" of staff, the Committee-on`Undergraduate Admissions and Financial figure on the MIT- seal in a cos- sign came after a March 21 meet- America. Aid, and the"Co'Mmittee ofn -Undergraduate Adiffisjions.- ltume of-the, Columbug-era. Many ing between the ring committee, Columbus did not discover (PI~ase turn to page 2J students complained that the al- the Native American Student America, the students pointed Association (NASA), and the out, since millions of people were - I · · I - .1 ii I LI , IL · -· American Indian Science and living in the Western Hemisphere Engineering Society (AISES). at the time of his voyage. More- The ring committee's decision over, Columbus' arrival "began a was motivated by a belief that holocaust that drove Native the concerns of Native American American tribes to the edge of students were legitimate and extinction and beyond," they needed to be recognized, said argued. committee chair Cynthia R. One critic, in a letter to The Evanko '92. Tech, charged that the ring NASA President Stefanie L. committee would have been more Lawson 992 said she was pleased sensitive to these concerns if with the change but wished that Native Americans were more another part of the seal, a globe numerous on campus. I- showing the North American (Please turn to page 16) Group suggests changes In academic computing By Andrea Lamberti The draft includes many possi- A discussion paper on the fu- ble recommended courses of ac- ture of academic computation at t tion for improving academic MIT was released last week by computing at the Institute. Input the Committee on Academic from the MIT community in the Computing for the 1990s and Be- coming weeks will further narrow yond. The draft paper was re- the field of possibilities, and will leased in order to foster discus- be a major factor in the final Jonathan Kossuth/The Tech sion for a final report which will report. Dan Paulsen '93 tags out the runner at the plate in the fifth inning. MIT lost the be presented to Provost John M. The purpose of the committee ,--,Sunday game 13-10 in nine innings to Suffolk University. Deutch '61 in late May. is to assess - I - I I-- -- I Is I · I · 1 --q I IC--- ------ I cs I the past role of Pro- ject Athena and other academic computing at MIT, and to make PSC awards students public service fellowships recommendations for the future. Committee Crisis Center, where she helped in members collected Assistant to the Dean of Stu- would be "taking a data their community education pro- for the study by reviewing Feature dent Affairs Virginia M. Soren- vacation." materials on Project Athena and gram, wrote for their newsletter, sonj who works at the PSC, ex- other computers, and trained for their hotline. interviewing plained that the grant is imtended various individuals, surveying By NOei J. Ross to allow public service projects to Denis Mustafa, a post-doctoral students and The MIT Public Service Center faculty, consulting compete with summer jobs that associate in the Laboratory for with the schools and the MIT Li- I will offer students up to $4000 students might otherwise take. Information and Decision Sys- this summer in order to encour- I braries, and appraising academic The fellowships are made possi- tems, plans to bicycle across the computing at several other uni- age participation in community ble by a grant fron the Charles United States to raise money for service vroiects. versities, the paper stated. They Hapgood trust fund of the Bos- two charities. Running in the finished collecting data in late Boston Marathon is but one of ton Foundation. January. Cynthia R. Estrella '90, who the ways in which he is training "The committee's view is that for his seven-week, 3300-mile r-~~ received a similar scholarship this this is an accurate capturing of spring, organized a tutoring pro- journey, where the committee Mustafa noted that one of the is in its gram in which 30 undergraduates thinking now, said Gregory A. Donald Sur's Slavery tutored students from the David charities is Cambridge-based Documents completes a Jackson '703 director of the study A. Ellis Elementary School in Tutoring Plus, which helps Cam- and special assistant to Dean for brilliant trilogy from the Roxbury. bridge high school students, in Undergraduate Education Mar- Cantata Singers. Another recipient, Jennifer part because of over 25 years of garet L. A. MacVicar '65, who Lerothodi-Lapula LeeuwlThe Tech Page 1 1'. Y. C. Huang '90, used her time strong connections with MIT. chairs the committee. ~II~, -_,_, I to help at the Boston Area Rape He added that after the trip he Virginia M. Sorenson I_ PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990 _III,-I 1- 911 rll-1 tn o en 8 ter on Sout A,rica an, - stmnt (E~ditor 's note.- The following statement from PresidentPaul E. support services necessary for this academic community. M~anagement and Supervisory Positions Gray '54 was released by the MI~T N~ews Offjice yesterd~ay.) We apply an additional criterion to our investment policy with 61raproving the Quality of Employees! Lives Outside the Work Environment in -Such Areas as Housing, Transportation, In recent weeks qluestions have arisen about the Institute's in- US companies that have operations in South Africa. MIT policy vestments and South Africa. Several years have passed since there opposes new loans, but does not prohibit investment in compa-- Schooling, Recreation, And Hea~lth Facilities was extensive and broad discussion of these issues here, and niess with non-equity links. Our policy with respect.,to companies 7.Working to Eliminate Laws and Customs that Impede Social, many members of the community are thus unaware of the Insti- in South Africa is predicated on the belief that: Economic, and Political Justice. tute's policies, the basis for them, and the facts about our in- *those companies in which MIT invests should foster equarl op- Citing South Africa's lack of.progress toward ending apartheid, vestments.