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...HFAI has been working...
When Summers unveiled HFAI last year, he made a striking point to illustrate why it was so crucial: the dumbest rich kids in the country were going to college at the same rate as the smartest poor kids. In other words, a student’s chances of attending college often had more to do with money than merit...
Staffed by ten undergraduates, HFAI is housed in the basement of Byerly Hall, home to the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid. The students work in a cramped 10-foot by 25-foot former storage closet, networking with high school kids and sending literature out to guidance counselors. From this hole in the wall, the HFAI recruitment team has contacted over 12,000 kids culled from College Board “search lists” of students with high PSAT scores. HFAI’s outreach is now a significant reason why, according to Fitzsimmons, “Harvard...
While the program is officially overseen by Fitzsimmons, its day-to-day operation is left to undergraduates. HFAI employee Bryce E. Caswell ’07 says students have been responsible for coming up with some of the most creative measures, such as writing to poor high schools and establishing a mentoring program for low-income students at Harvard...
...HFAI also relies heavily on personal connections to draw in students. While most Harvard admissions officers are neither inviting nor elusive to applicants, HFAI recruits relentlessly. “They contacted us like a million times a day,” says Olivia A. Benowitz ’09, an HFAI recruit who visited Harvard over prefrosh weekend...