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...attempts to accept more students from Third World countries have been made in recent years, for instance. "Our main effort for recruiting from ethnic populations is on the American scene," Malin says, adding that "if the [admissions] committee was forced to make the choice, it would be more likely to take black Americans than black Africans." According to Malin, however, the University has been able "to have its cake and eat it too" since the admissions office has stepped up U.S. minority recruitment without cutting down the number of foreign acceptances...
...Malin also notes that the amount of financial aid given to foreign students has remained constant over the past few years. Proportionally more foreign students are on scholarship than nonforeign ones, since foreign families which maintain an upper middle class standard of living still may not be able to afford Harvard's tuition...
...Malin explains the comparatively small number of female foreign students by recounting the story of a Latin American woman victimized by a double standard in her family that kept her home while her brothers went to college. "In some countries it is simply not acceptable for a woman to leave her family. It implies something about the family as a unit," he says...
Naturally, feelings about home also play an important role in the lives of those who do decide to come. "In their own minds they represent their schools, communities, families and countries," Malin says. This brings with it a heightened sense of responsibility to perform...
...despite the usual first-term problems, Malin feels most foreign students at Harvard do just that...