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Although the obsessive culture of test preparation persists, proponents of the SAT I maintain that the exam works as a helpful indicator of future academic success. Harvard’s Director of Undergraduate Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis maintains, “The SAT I has been a long time valuable tool for us;” similarly, Julie Peterson, a spokesperson for the University of Michigan, supports the SAT I for its “predictive value in how a student might succeed...
Later, a “student demonstration” abruptly interrupted remarks from Director of Undergraduate Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis...
Last year, Byerly Hall was swamped with applications, prompting officials to reconsider the policy. According to Harvard’s Director of Undergraduate Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73, single-choice Early Action has had the “magical effect, beneficial effect of reducing numbers to a level that will allow us to pay careful and single attention to early application applicants...
...fact, McGrath Lewis said, “We had a better yield [of black students] after that had happened. Maybe we were so concerned about it that we redoubled our efforts...
According to McGrath Lewis, “legacies yield at a slightly higher rate.” She noted, however, that Harvard is seeing an increasing number of black legacy applicants...