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...concern with “letters of intent,” missives sent to top athletic candidates, mathematicians, and musicians in advance of official admissions decisions expressing interest in their candidacy. Athletic coaches are using the extra time for more extensive recruiting efforts as well. Director of Admissions Marly McGrath Lewis ’73 told The Crimson, “all indications are that we are not going to lose quality. We know there are people who won’t wait around, but so far the indicators are where they were last year, and we now have more...
...would be very reluctant to admit a student whom we considered dangerous. We would not admit a student who we knew was dangerous,” McGrath Lewis says...
...other hand, the University argues that legacy preference confers only a slight advantage on alumni children. Harvard’s admissions director, Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73, describes legacy preference as “a feather on the scale if all else is equal.” By this logic, the vast majority of legacies would have been admitted on their own achievements regardless of the policy. But if that’s true, the vast majority of alumni parents would have donated regardless of whether such a policy were in place. If legacy...
...believe that most legacies here are, if anything, overqualified. Perhaps gullibly, I believe McGrath Lewis when she says that legacy preference is a mere “feather on the scale.” But it’s a feather that looms large in the public imagination. Even The Economist—not known for populist pandering—has charged that under legacy preference policies, “the students in America’s places of higher education are increasingly becoming an oligarchy.” The magazine continues: “This is sad in itself...
William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 is dean of admissions and financial aid. Sarah C. Donahue is director of financial aid. Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 is director of admissions...