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Some of these scholarship holders next year will be students that Glimp and his staff personally recruited--like, possibly, a Midwestern senior interested in public affairs whom Glimp went out of his way to interview this fall not only because the senior was such a strong prospect but also because his school's response every previous year has been "Nope, nothing for Harvard...
...there is a limit to recruitment. The most important differences between the Class of 1964 and the Class of 1971. Glimp is the first to admit, are the results of national trends the admissions office has no control over...
...most dramatic has been, simply, in numbers. When Glimp became dean, the office was handling about 5000 applications; this year, it has gotten more than 7000. The rise in application, initially, had something to do with the post-war "baby boom," but, even though those babies are now upperclassmen, the rise continues. Glimp has only one explanation that links the rise to Harvard as an institution--that President Kennedy identified Harvard with "public service," especially in the minds of young people. It is true that "public service" is something an increasing number write about on their application...
...rise has not meant a decline in the quality of applicants; just the opposite. Glimp estimates that in the current bunch of applicants there are 1800 to 2000 who scored 700 or better in verbal aptitude and 2800 to 3000 who scored 700 or better in math aptitude. The result is that, every year, a smaller percentage of those who apply with high test scores make...
...During Glimp's term as dean, then, many of the criteria usually thought reliable indicators of admission to Harvard have been a little, if not greatly, shaken--high test scores, the "right" prep school, even being the son of a Harvard man. What has not been shaken, and so is becoming of more and more importance, is a category the admissions staff calls "personal quality." They rate it, as they do the other categories, on a scale of 1 to 6, and a 1, plus a satisfactory academic record, is practically a guarantee of admission...