Word: mcgrath
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...McGrath Lewis told The Crimson this fall that the admissions office decided to accept fewer transfers for this year because housing officials said there would be a dearth of beds available for transfers...
...McGrath Lewis said the number of “anticipated spaces available in the housing system” accounts for the fluctuating acceptance rates...
This fall, early applications soared from their customary level of 6,000 to around 7,500. But according to Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73, 88 students who were accepted early—about one in 13—withdrew their applications when they were accepted to other colleges under binding Early Decision, slightly decreasing Harvard’s early yield, which at its traditional level near 90 percent is the highest in the country...
...policy change] allows us to focus on those candidates who are free to accept our offer,” said McGrath Lewis. “It’s more honest and simpler for applicants…We did expend a great deal of effort in evaluating people who would not have been in the pool [under the old policy], and we would prefer not to do it again...
...McGrath Lewis said University President Lawrence H. Summers approved the change yesterday...