【正文】 generally, the more selective a school, the less likely it is to do so. Harvard and Princeton, for example, offer generous needbased packages, but many families who don’t meet need eligibility (資格) have been willing to pay whatever they must for a bigname school.For small regional colleges that struggle just to fill seats, merit aid can be an important revenuebuilder because many recipients still pay enough tuition dollars over and above scholarship amount to keep the institution running.But for rankingsconscious schools in between, merit aid has served primarily as a tool to recruit top students and to improve their academic profiles. “They’re trying to buy students,” says Skidmore Colllege economist Sandy Baum.Studies show merit aid also tends to benefit disproportionately students who could afford to enroll without it.“As we look to the future, we see a more pressing need to invest in needbased aid,” says Monica Inzer, dean of admission and financial aid at Hamilton, which has offered merit scholarships for 10 years. During that time, it rose in US News amp。 not realizing it was cultural,” Tiffany says. “I missed out ,but will not miss that opportunity again.” Many of us have had similar encounters with behaviors we perceive as different. As the world bees smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is being essential to expand our understanding of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions .Hire Advantage At a time when hiring qualified people is being more difficult ,employers who can eliminate invalid biases(偏愛) from the process have a distinct advantage .My pany, Mindsets LLC ,helps organizations and individuals see their own blind spots . A real estate recruiter we worked with illustrates the positive difference such training can make . “During my Mindsets coaching session ,I was taught how to recruit a diversified workforce. I recruited people from different cultures and skill sets .The agents were able to utilize their full potential and experiences to build up the pany .When the real estate market began to change, it was because we had a diverse agent pool that we were able to stay in the real estate market much longer than others in the same profession.”Blinded by GenderDale is an account executive who attended one of my workshops on supervising a diverse workforce . “Through one of the sessions ,I discovered my personal bias ,” he recalls . “I learned I had not been looking at a person as a whole person , and being open to differences .” In his case , the blindness was not about culture but rather gender .“I had a management position open in my department 。re feeling this way, it can help to talk to a parent, coach, religious leader, guidance counselor, therapist, or an adult friend. A trusted adult — someone who supports you and doesn39。t change and need to accept — like their height, for example, or their shoe size.If there are things about yourself that you want to change and can (such as how fit you are), do this by making goals for yourself. For example, if you want to get fit, make a plan to exercise every day and eat nutritious foods. Then keep track of your progress until you reach your goal. Meeting a challenge you set for yourself is a great way to boost selfesteem!When you hear negative ments ing from within yourself, tell yourself to stop. Try building your selfesteem by giving yourself three pliments every day. While you39。s business but your own what your body is like — ultimately, you have to be happy with yourself.Next, identify which aspects of your appearance you can realistically change and which you can39。re very worried about your weight or size, check with your doctor to verify that things are OK. But it39。ve made a mistake, or not blaming others when things don39。m human instead of Wow, I39。 ability to develop good selfesteem.People also may experience negative ments and hurtful teasing about the way they look from classmates and peers. Sometimes racial and ethnic prejudice is the source of such ments. Although these often e from ignorance, sometimes they can affect someone39。s not just development that affects selfesteem, though. Many other factors (like media images of skinny girls and bulkedup guys) can affect a person39。 others are late bloomers. Some get a temporary layer of fat to prepare for a growth spurt, others fill out permanently, and others feel like they stay skinny no matter how much they eat. It all depends on how our genes have programmed our bodies to act.The changes that e with puberty can affect how both girls and guys feel about themselves. Some girls may feel unfortable or embarrassed about their maturing bodies. Others may wish that they were developing faster. Girls may feel pressure to be thin but guys may feel like they don39。s SelfEsteem?PubertySome teens struggle with their selfesteem when they begin puberty because the body goes through many changes. These changes, bined with a natural desire to feel accepted, mean it can be tempting for people to pare themselves with others. They may pare themselves with the people around them or with actors and celebs they see on TV, in movies, or in magazines.But it39。re going through a ton of changes in your body. And as your body changes, so does your image of yourself. Lots of people have trouble adjusting, and this can affect their selfesteem.Why Are SelfEsteem and Body Image Important?Selfesteem is all about how much people value themselves, the pride they feel in themselves, and how worthwhile they feel. Selfesteem is important because feeling good about yourself can affect how you act. A person who has high selfesteem will make friends easily, is more in control of his or her behavior, and will enjoy life more.Body image is how someone feels about his or her own physical appearance. For many people, especially those in their early teens, body image can be closely linked to selfesteem. That39。d be happy if I were taller