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This was a year unlike any other for admissions and financial aid at Harvard. In eliminating early action and creating a sweeping new financial aid initiative, Harvard has begun a movement that will shape the conversation about access and affordability, both for this generation and for generations to come...
...eliminating early action, we hoped to level the playing field for students from modest economic backgrounds who lack access to adequate college counseling. At the same time, we wanted to reduce the frenzy of the college admissions process by allowing all students to take the full senior year to decide which college would provide the best match for their developing talents and interests...
...year concludes at the end of June, the yield on admitted candidates is expected to be about 76 percent (close to last year’s 78 percent). That this remains the highest yield among peer institutions is particularly notable because Harvard no longer has the advantage of early action, which allows colleges several additional months to consider admitted students , or early decision, which ensures a 100 percent yield by requiring students admitted early to attend...
...Class of 2013. Just last week, we met with Princeton and the University of Virginia, two other institutions which eliminated early admission programs, and agreed to increase the number of joint travel recruiting trips conducted in November, a month when we had previously been occupied with early action...
...Still, despite the fondness for Borat among the country's elite, the movie can't be found among the action movies and thrillers that dominate Kazakhstan's DVD stores. Kaharman Jazin, director of development for the Special Economic Zone in Astana, says he recently returned home from Croatia with numerous DVD copies for friends. Jazin says "the Borat factor" aids his efforts in coaxing foreign investors to plow billions into new development projects - "Thanks to Borat," he says, "the whole world knows about Kazakhstan." And Astana tour guide Gulmira Begimbetova reports seeing a notable spike in foreign vsitors since...