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...group, the pre-frosh visiting the College this week seemed to look like any other. But of the 657 admitted as part of the early action program, 138 were Asian-American, an increase of 25 from last year, according to Admissions Office figures...
Doreen M. Kelly '85 said the lottery "may beginto be a consideration" when pre-freshmen hearabout it. About 400 Early Action "pre-frosh" willstay with freshman hosts during a three-day visitnext week...
Second, we have watched the Admissions Office's growth in both its sensitivity to Asian American applicants and its recruitment efforts for Asian Americans of all socio-economic backrounds. The active schedules of minority student recruiters and the elaborate Minority Pre-Frosh Weekend every April are specific examples of the effort spent in trying to attract as many qualified Asian Americans as possible to Harvard. Having an upper-limit quota is clearly inconsistent with the time, energy and funds the Admissions Office invests in recruiting Asian Americans...
...just liked the sense of humor here. I think that was the deciding factor, to tell you the truth," Ogilvie says. "I went to see a speech that was given to pre-frosh by Dean Moses and a few other speakers, and it was just really clever. I enjoyed the humor so much, and the only type of humor that I could have compared it to at that time was British humor. I enjoyed that as a kid so much and never got to see any of it in West Virginia...
...Visiting Pre-Frosh May Be Partying Too Hard...