Word: mcgrath
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...someone in the upper administration at Harvard at the time that “they didn’t want to create a situation where Harvard faculty thought they should be entitled or get special consideration getting into Harvard.”According to Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73, approximately 12 to 20 children of faculty apply to the College each year and are accepted at a significantly higher-than-average rate. Faculty members’ children are given “particular care by the admissions committee...
...other student of his applying and he had been teaching there for thirty years or more.” Out of only 75 admitted transfers in the class of 2009, Harvard “enrolled about 5 transfer students from two year colleges,” according to Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73, director of admissions for Harvard College.Lewis added that the Harvard’s admissions office does take differences in educational circumstances into account when making admissions decisions.“I think it is fair to say that in many cases...
...Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said that around five to 10 homeschooled students applied to Harvard yearly.Following the rise in the number of homeschoolers nationwide, between 100 and 200 homeschooled students applied to Harvard this year, says Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73. Lewis adds that many other applicants were homeschooled for part of their education.“It’s a growth industry. We’ve probably had an increase in numbers over the past 10 years...
...while the Columbia applicants who received advance notification might have beat the system, Harvard’s method of notification was not similarly susceptible. Harvard College Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 wrote in an e-mail that Harvard uses USPS for all its domestic notifications...
...Though McGrath Lewis said that working the system in this manner “is not the thing to worry about, security-wise,” she added after hearing of the Columbia applicants’ cleverness, “I am shaking my head, I’ll admit...