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...your ID is stolen, you can report it to Harvard University Identification Services' Web site and deactivate your Crimson Cash...
Most eager-beaver first-years, no matter how high their high school G.P.A., their number of varsity letters, their impressive executive club leadership titles and general well-roundedness, question the accuracy of the admissions selection process. Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70-'73, director of admissions, asserts that no Harvard students are "mistakes." But that doesn't mean mistakes can't still happen--especially this year...
...office doesn't have any problems. "We may be wrong, but we're never careless," Lewis maintains. "All I know is we admit people and they show up and live in dorms and are your roommates. Most people pay tuition. It works out okay," she jokes. However, sometimes Harvard will rescind an offer if something drastic happens post-decision. The most famous case was Gina Grant, whose admission offer was revoked in 1995 after the office learned of her 1991 manslaughter conviction for killing her abusive mother. Most instances are less lurid--plummeting grades or "a deeper problem we were...
...Some students, unconvinced of their past achievements, may not agree with Lewis' view that the staff at 8 Garden St. never makes mistakes. But Lewis says that's ultimately the students' call. "If you're a Harvard student, you would know better than we do if we've made any mistakes," she says...
...Last weekend, two Harvard seniors joined the ranks of Rhodes scholars, the well-rounded intellectuals who have trekked to England...