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...sprint to the finish leaves us with an embarrassing affinity for self-pity, and I admit that I’m as guilty as anyone. Thinking that we were above this Harvard pathology, my blockmate and I made big plans last December to make a stand on behalf of our suffering classmates. We dreamed of recruiting dozens of our friends to wear shirts with various therapeutic messages. They were to say things like, “I don’t care how much work you have,” “Relax and stop whining?...
...their extracurricular activities is like asking the college to decrease the academic workload as a way to improve students’ social lives and eliminate stress—it goes against the nature of the university and it’s not fair. Just as admissions officers choose to admit applicants based on academic and extracurricular success, students matriculate at Harvard for the expansive opportunities available in these same two spheres...
Given the 24.3 percent increase in early applications, the admissions committee expected to admit up to 1,300 students early, compared to 1,174 last year, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons...
Depending on how many students decline, Fitzsimmons said it was possible that Harvard would admit more Regular Decision applicants than it has in recent years to compensate for a lower early yield...
...would seem to us reasonable that students would pretty quickly withdraw from us [if they were accepted elsewhere under Early Decision],” he said. “That might give us more confidence to admit more people in April...