His son Kevin confirmed the death. Sparks had been living on his 168-acre ranch in Jenny Lind, California, northeast of San Francisco, until a few days before his death.
Twelve freshmen and sophomore students enrolled at Washington University as mid-year transfer students this semester, the first time in recent history that students were accepted in between semesters. Several of these students are Jewish and said they came to the University after feeling unsafe on their previous campuses due to antisemitism.
Like many eager high school seniors before me, I tumbled headfirst down the College Confidential forums rabbit hole two years ago as I began my college application cycle. After long supplemental essay writing sessions and two-hour power naps to get through reading “Hamlet,” I would log on to my College Confidential account, hoping to find.
She grew up in Uruguay and her family couldn't afford the consultants that help students get into Ivy League. Instead, she taught herself how to get into Harvard.