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...Fred Jewett '57, Harvard dean of admissions and financial aid, said he hopes that in the future the admissions offices will be "doing the best job of picking the best people without worrying too much about whether they're men or women...
...Neither Jewett nor Arthurs could comment yet on the secondary school background of the Class of '8, but both said they expected the current public school ratios to remain about the same...
...Jewett said the admissions offices' decision took "no account" of the type of high school an applicant attended. The increase in Midwest acceptances, where there are fewer private schools than in the Northeast, might account for the decrease in the number of "preppies" in the class, he said...
...number of students applying for financial aid to both schools decreased by two per cent for the second year in a row, reflecting what Jewett and Arthurs called a growing affluence among their applicants...
...applicant who qualities for financial aid will be denied help, and some students who would not normally qualify for scholarships will be promised loans and job opportunities in a new policy implemented by both admissions offices this year. Jewett said this move aims at helping "middle and upper income family brackets" afford Harvard...