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...this year, the office is asking much more of its alumni allies. Instead of expecting an objective sketch which will be used to complement a candidate's folder, the office now wants a finished portrait, clearly drawn with the kind of detail that leaves almost no room for error. A revised interview form sent out this year and last asks them to write three short essays outlining a student's potential academic, extracurricular, and personal contributions to Harvard. Even a professional artist cannot be expected to finish a portrait after only an hour sitting. If he wants...
...must be Bergen, am I right?...Sorry to bust in on you like this," she says, closing the folder and stepping past me into the dark foyer. "Elliot was supposed to tell you about me. "She smiles as if we've settled something. "Maybe if we have some coffee I can explain--that a pretty robe you've got." She picks up the day-old newspaper...
Once admissions officers have compiled each applicant's folder, including high school records, standardized tests, and Advanced Placement scores, teacher and alumni recommendations, and the student's own essays, they begin reviewing the applicants in committees...
Harvard's most precious historical documents are secured two floors underground behind a steel door with a combination lock. There, they are regularly inspected by Harley P. Holden, the archives' curator. "I like to check these every few days," Holden says, as he opens up the large red folder that contains Harvard's original charter, drafted in 1650 but now stained and nearly illegible...
Months ago, in the first meeting on tax increases, Ronald Reagan sat at the Cabinet table and indifferently thumbed the folder that had been placed before him. He had the air of a man unconvinced, unenthusiastic and disengaged...