Word: prepped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like the patches of ivy that scale Harvard's aged buildings, a small group of elite New England prep schools seem now, as always, to have an intimate relationship with the College...
Indeed, 30 or 40 years ago, admission from these prep schools could be secured with "little more than a handshake," says Choate alum Ted B. Ayers...
Many feeder school alumni from Ayers' time echo his remarks, recalling the ease with which they passed from their prep schools to Harvard...
Many Harvard students who recently graduated from these prep schools say it's no coincidence that these numbers, though smaller than they were in the past, are still substantial. They say they were acutely aware of their school's long history of intimacy with Harvard when applying to colleges...
Couglin, like many graduates from feeder schools who are at Harvard, says that students in her class perceived being interviewed on their high school campus by Harvard admissions officers--instead of regular Harvard alumni--as a distinct advantage. Sending a team of admissions officers to New England prep schools for a day or two of interviews is Harvard's normal procedure; Couglin was interviewed by Assistant Dean of the College John R. Marquand...