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Some of the questions asked on the application forms are also biased--most notably, questions of applicant's community service and extracurricular activities. In non-western societies, the idea of "service" is not well developed; many prospective students cannot afford such participation. Students could thus be eliminated on technicalities that are not directly related to their ability to do well at college...
Students aren't the only members of the Harvard community with interesting extracurricular activities...
These figures cast considerable doubt on Harvard's claims that legacy status is only considered at a tie-breaking factor and that athletic prowess is considered in the same way as any other extracurricular activity. Still, admission rates alone do not conclusively disprove those claims...
These statistics from the Department of Education report do: "With the exception of the athletic rating, non-legacy/non-athletes scored better than legacies and recruited athletes in all areas of comparison [SAT math, SAT verbal, academic rating, extracurricular rating, personal rating, teacher rating, counselor rating, alumni rating and class rank]. In addition, the differences...were found, in each category, to be statistically significant...
...Well, not much to say here. [Applicant] is a good student, w/average EC's [extracurricular], standard athletic, middle-of-the-road scores, good support and two legacy legs to stand on...Let's see what alum thinks and how far the H/R [Harvard-Radcliffe] tip will...