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| Two seniors accepted to West Point |
Forget Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. They may require good grades and high SAT scores, but they sure don’t require you to do 75 push-ups in two minutes. Ivy admissions are overrated; the prestigious and esteemed United States Military Academy at West Point is arguably the most selective school in the country.
“Admissions at other top schools can seem like a cakewalk [in comparison to West Point],” says the Princeton Review.
Over 11,000 hopefuls apply to West Point every year, but only about 12 percent of them are admitted. From the entire state of Massachusetts, only 16 highly qualified students who have demonstrated exemplary academic and leadership ability, passed muster in a grueling physical test, and manage to obtain Congressional nominations will be offered admission.
And this year two of those 16 are from King Philip. |
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| One for all, all for one: KP’s Diversity Club |
| Most high school students just want to blend in with the crowd. They want to wear the same clothes and act the same way as everyone else just because they do not want to be labeled as “different.” The members of the King Philip Diversity Club do not feel that way. Individuality is what they possess; equality is what they seek. |
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| Ask the Chief |
Dear Chief,
My friend and I obsess over the same boy and we don’t know what to do to stop the obsessing.
Always,
Girls with Infatuations
P.S. It tends to interfere with our studies. |
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| Male Choir created at King Philip |
| This year Mr. Tileston began King Philip’s first ever Male Choir - or as some members of the group refer to it, Man Choir. The choir was originally started because of the need for male voices in the school chorus. As it is, about five males participate in chorus as a regular course. Many students find it hard to fit into their schedule or feel it’s not their style. Mr. Tileston negates this concept, saying he wants to show it is “cool to be singing and be a guy.” |
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