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Admissions officers also take notice when familiar passages from well-known pieces published in essay books appear in applicants?? essays, or when essays contain writing that doesn’t seem to match the rest of the student’s profile, Fitzsimmons added...
...Friday, the first members of the Class of 2011 will receive virtual thick envelopes in their inboxes; a few of these applicants??“legacies”—know today that their chances are a bit higher than their peers’. The application to Harvard College is not a short one, and that is for a good reason: There is no shortage of factors that the admissions committee examines in determining who gets in. Most important are indicators of a student’s academic success and potential. In addition, the admissions committee considers...
Fitzsimmons said that the College would not change its attitude towards early applicants??even in its last year of early admissions...
...pretend that applicants?? qualifications and life experiences are all that matter in admissions only results in superficial explanations for the discrepancies in admissions rates among different groups. College admission is an unavoidably subjective process, and, according to the admissions office, the vast majority of applicants could be successful at Harvard. The limited number of places available demands some kind of secondary screening process beyond academic ability, and rightly so: All students are more than just numbers and contribute both inside and outside the classroom. That said, the rosy vision of the admissions process as choosing a diverse...
...League in 2000—an astronomical amount, and one now readily accepted by admissions administrators, who no longer force Jewish applicants to do battle against a stereotype designed to prevent them from succeeding. In the Ivies of the future, Asian students will make up increasing numbers of alumni applicants??a highly courted demographic to top schools. They may eventually enjoy the same prize Jewish students have won; first, to gain a seat at the table without adhering to American stereotypes, and then, to use that power to redefine the conception of what it is to be American...