And this is absolutely not true; it's for the most part the entire freshman year for instance at MIT is taking pass-fail.

这绝对是不正确的;,例如，麻省理工学院的大部分新生在第一年参加的课程,都是采用及格-不及格的打分制度。

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School officials say this year's freshman class is the most diverse ever, with 22% of students from ethnic or racial minorities.

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So far, nonresident students represent 24% of paid acceptances for the freshman class for this year's summer and fall semesters, roughly the same percentage that Penn State had logged by this time last year.

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