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...single athlete on our squad has been trained by their parents or prep-school. The vast majority of the fencing team attended public high schools and developed their superior abilities by joining fencing clubs. Talent has to be earned through hard work and determination, and can’t be bought or handed-down by a parent...
This would not be a problem, if the facilities required to participate in fringe sports were just as available as a pair of basketball hoops. Usually, however, the tilt toward fringe sports favors the wealthy few who send their children to prep schools, undermining one of the real benefits of athletic recruiting. After all, how many students from public high schools in Roxbury or from the corn fields of Iowa have the opportunity to row crew, much less fence, sail or play squash...
There are plenty of smart and exceptionally talented fencers at Harvard, but their athletic skill—which they most likely developed through the tutelage of their parents, or perhaps prep school—should not grant them admission. Athletic recruitment should be a special privilege reserved for those who can contribute to the College as a whole. It is the character of the student body, not the wins and losses of Harvard women’s fencing, that matters. It’s time for the admissions office to recognize that what makes an athlete stand out from...
Albert Chen, executive director of graduate programs at the test-prep company Kaplan, Inc., said the biggest implication of the new policy is that students will probably no longer take the MCAT exam for practice or without preparing thoroughly...
...moves through her Winthrop room, hung with Mexican art, Free Tibet postcards, and memorabilia from her prep school, Exeter, Hernandez is comfortable and cheerful. The daughter of immigrant parents, she appears unburdened by her trek from Mexico City to Harvard, and her eyes light up at every interval as she talks about moving to Houston, Texas, in the eighth grade...