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In an attempt at objectivity, UCLA gives each application to three readers. Two admissions staff members score each application based on traditional academic numbers. A third, who is a volunteer — often a high school counselor or retired faculty member — scores the application for personal achievements outside the classroom and life challenges. The three scores are then used to place the applicant on a three-dimensional matrix. Groups of applicants in the matrix, or “cells," are ultimately chosen for admission. Hunt said that the latter two categories don't often significantly change a student's placement in the matrix. “Academic record drives everything," he said. More>>

However, GM share prices rose 3 percent on Friday after Wagoner’s announcement of the buyouts and anticipated cost savings. Wall Street’s confidence in GM is largely based on the continuing collaboration of the UAW in forcing the impact of the crisis of the US automakers onto the shoulders of workers.

The UAW justified the massive concessions it made in the 2007 auto contract negotiations on the grounds that they were necessary to secure job security. More>>