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...alumni. Many go on to become famous at other schools; athletes like Doug Flutie were once involved in the initial stages of the recruiting process. Only a tiny percentage of identified athletes ever fill out a Harvard application, however--a process that Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett describes as somewhat self-selective...
Application forms from recruited athletes arrive at the Admissions Office with red stars. While some critics charge that such special demarcation sets athletes up for special attention, Jewett and Fitzsimmons downplay the significance of the red stars. In fact, they say, coaches are often completely unaware of athletic applicants until the Admissions Office informs them that a hot-shot high schooler has applied...
Admissions officials say they never get any explicit pressure from superiors within the Harvard hierarchy on behalf of recruits. Such pressure, Jewett says, is "almost unthinkable...
Nonetheless, Jewett, an enthusiastic sports fan who often travels to away football and hockey games, believes that his pro-athletic bias occasionally might have influenced his decisions to admit recruited athletes. At the football banquet this fall, football Coach Joe Restic noted, "One of the biggest losses we suffered was when Fred left the Admissions Office...
Says Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, "My idea of a perfect Valentine's Day would be to fly down to New York, go to a really nice dinner, and go to the opera...