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This year, Harvard endorsed slightly fewer applicants. According to fellowships director Paul A. Bohlmann, the drop did not come about from a change in policy, but simply because of yearly fluctuation...
...Bohlmann said that OCS received a normal number of applications for the two scholarships this year, although the College will not endorse as many Marshal Scholarship nominations to the national competition as it has in the past...
...Bohlmann attributed this change in policy to a memo sent to President Neil L. Rudenstine in the summer of 1995 by the British ambassador to the United States. The memo requested that Harvard make attempts to limit its number of Marshall scholarship nominees or face a restriction on the number of nominees the College can make...
According to Bohlmann, Harvard was singled out by the British embassy along with Stanford and Princeton, because they "tended to forward a much larger set of applicants than other schools and it was burdensome to selection committees." Nominees from the three schools are among the most successful in winning scholarships...
Despite the implied limit on nominees for the Marshall scholarship, which Bohlmann says is unofficially 30, and the approximately 10 percent drop in Harvard nominations since the 1995 memo, the eight Marshall scholarships won by Harvard students last year was an all-time national record. Seven Rhodes scholarships were awarded to Harvard seniors last year...