Word: extracurricular
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Athletics are just another extracurricular. The officials argue that athletes are treated the same in the admissions process as "French horn players" and those "likely to edit The Crimson." Then why does the admission office have an "athletic rating" separate from the "extracurricular rating"? Why do athletes score significantly lower in every other area of comparison? Although the officials are correct in pointing out that athletes' disproportionate admission rate alone does not prove that they receive preferential treatment, these figures...
...Thus extracurricular activities have long served as one "tip" factor in college admissions here and elsewhere, yet The Crimson seems to misunderstand how the term "tip" is used. "Tips" come into play at the point when the Committee is looking for positive reasons to admit a candidate, as relatively few of the many qualified candidates can be admitted. The shorthand terminology--"tip"--does not suggest that the "positive weight" given to a candidate can be quantified or otherwise expressed as a formula...
...overlapping of attributes in candidates makes it very difficult to quantify "tips." In admissions, we consider one candidate at a time, aware that each person, regardless of ethnicity, has a unique combination of academic, extracurricular and personal qualifications along with a unique family socioeconomic background. In the end we admit individuals, not abstract attributes. We have no quotas or goals, and regard our process as successful if we have responded thoroughly and fairly to each individual applicant...
...class rank and scores. But our Quantitative Reasoning courses have shown people that differences can be "statistically significant" yet not large enough to be meaningful. The actual differences in the ratings turn out to be approximately 0.2 points or less on five or six point scales. For example, the extracurricular rating for alumni children was 2.52, compared to 2.43 for the others (one is high on those scales). Not only are such differences insignificant but the fact is that the overall academic and extracurricular credentials presented by Harvard and Radcliffe legacies are so strong as to make them targets...
...made it possible to attract the most talented students from every segment of society. We are fortunate to have a highly diverse group of very able students, with a wide variety of talents, and the kinds of personal strengths that make them fascinating roommates, dining hall conversationalists, extracurricular enthusiasts and classroom participants. Our student body receives high praise from nearly every quarter, including The Insider's Guide to Colleges,, produced by the Yale Daily News. With that kind of leadership from New Haven, can The Crimson be far behind? William R. Fitzsimmons '67 Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Marlyn...