Word: petersons
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Harvard's dean of admissions. Dr. Chase N, Peterson '52, has defended the College's admissions requirement of college board exams in the wake of Bowdoin College's vote two weeks ago to make them optional...
...Bowdoin's announcement is a good reminder of the excellence of that college and of the fact that they, like ourselves, don't rely excessively on the scores," Peterson said...
...Although Peterson agreed to the charge that the board exams are culturally biased, he said, "there's also a cultural bias in education because you're learning how to think, not how to survive in boot camp or in a slum," Physical survival is very important, he added, "but very different from what you have to learn to survive at Harvard...
...Peterson said that without board scores, too much emphasis might be placed on teachers' recommendations. Those schools with the best letter-writers, possibly private schools or cosmopolitan public schools, would have "an inordinate advantage...
...Peterson cited the fact that applicants with scores of 800 have almost an 80 per cent chance of admission, whereas those candidates with SAT scores of 400 have only a 2 to 5 per cent chance of acceptance...