Education: How to Get into Princeton

Out of a record number of 4,908 applications, Princeton University last week accepted only 1,165. Among the outstanding students who got in was Joseph David Oznot, son of a wealthy private detective from East Lansing, Mich. Oznot had been first in his class, a concert pianist, on the varsity lacrosse team. Even though he worked summers as a clerk, he found time to study calculus and Virgil. Director of Admissions E. Alden Dunham was looking forward to meeting the unusually gifted student, but last week he got word that he couldn't. Reason: Oznot (rhymes with was not) is not.

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