Word: hfai
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...showcasing Harvard’s accessibility, HFAI is part of an effort to wean the University’s image off the elitism that gnawed at Fitzsimmons in the mid-sixties. Eight undergraduates work as program coordinators, and Byerly hires HFAI students to recruit for the College in their hometowns, according to Leona A. Oakes ’07, senior coordinator of the program. Some HFAI admits were flown to Cambridge last spring on the College’s dime, and last April’s prefrosh weekend featured two open forums on student life aimed at the budget-conscious...
Last April, amid the green-and-orange color scheme of Loker Commons, the admissions office held a reception for students admitted to Harvard under the HFAI program. Byerly representatives were on hand to distribute white T-shirts with “HFAI” written across the back in large red letters. A table of crackers and cookies welcomed the couple dozen students milling about, comparing notes on their prefrosh experiences. None had yet accepted Harvard’s offer of admission, but almost all spoke enthusiastically about the opportunity afforded them through the College’s expanded...
...HFAI’S first full admissions season was a successful one. Qualifying students comprise nearly 18 percent of the College Class of 2009, up three percentage points from the previous year. Almost 80 percent of students accepted under HFAI are studying at Harvard this fall...
...will Byerly know that HFAI is working...
...don’t have any number goals, like quotas of any sort,” says Sarah E. Beasley ’99, a senior admissions officer and co-director of HFAI. “We don’t have any definite number that we’re shooting toward.” HFAI was budgeted at $2 million a year, about 2 percent of the College’s total financial aid budget...