Word: harvardness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...regular action applicants to the class of 2003 it will be harder than ever to slip behind Johnston Gate and into Harvard Yard. With an early action matriculation rate hovering between 85 and 90 percent--sure to be the envy of admissions offices nationwide--Harvard's admissions offer to 1,186 students effectively fills more than 60 percent of the entering class...
...Harvard officials seem to be unmoved that the effect of filling so much of the class with early applicants ultimately forces students to apply early, saying they are committed to accepting the most talented students whenever they apply...
...know the cards that have been dealt and those that are left in the deck," hesays. "Harvard is the loser if we make thosestudents wait...
...Harvard administrators maintain that its earlyaction system, which does not require admittedstudents to matriculate, represents the bestcompromise between forcing students to commit andlosing step with peer institutions...
Fitzsimmons says Harvard has long been anattractive destination for minority students...