Word: careys
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There was a certain Irony about the 1981 appointment of Jennifer Carey '73 as a regular admissions officer overseeing minority recruiting. Carey, who spends much of her time trying to convince prospective that Harvard is a rewarding place, is herself an example of how effective minority recruiting can be in dispelling myths about the University. She attended a small Catholic high school in Brooklyn where her classmates evinced surprise and dismay when they found out she was accepted at Harvard. This reaction (which she now calls "outrageous") almost convinced Carey to change her mind, until her parents intervened to encourage...
Ever since that first experience with others' negative opinions about Harvard, Carey, as both a student and admissions recruiter, has devoted time to improving the University's image, especially among minorities. Because of the many misconceptions about Harvard, she says. "The recruitment effort is so vital...
...Carey, who is Black, has been working to improve the admissions office's presentation of Harvard to convince more qualified minority students to apply. Since joining the admissions staff, Carey has increased the role of minority student recruiters and updated brochures; she is currently expanding recruitment to include high school sophomores and juniors...
...part of her duties, Carey oversees the activities of student recruiters who travel to selected areas around the country meeting with high school students interested in Harvard. In training the students, Carey discussed "what kinds of information will be useful on the road and what Harvard's minority policy...
...Carey directly attributes recent increases in Black applicants from the Washington, D.C. and Chicago areas to these undergraduate salesmen. The advantage of student recruiters, she says, is that as peers, they are more credible to the prospective applicant, and at the same time able to screen out "those students who don't have a shot...