Word: reardon
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Sometimes, however, the interview can uncover serious personal problems that would end a candidate's chances. Reardon told of a recent applicant "who had a lot of whacky things to say--I don't know what he was high on, just spaced." Reardon followed up on the interview and found that the candidate had "problems the guys in the school were not going to say in writing...
...best kind of interview is one that tends to highlight or focus on what's already in the folder," John P. Reardon, associate dean of admissions, said. If a candidate looks good on paper, but comes across shy and reserved in person, "there's no way we're going to put a lot of concern on a 20-minute talk," Reardon said...
...Reardon described what some of the ratings mean: "A 'one' means you're really super. Bob Portney is a one violinist; a 'two' and you're a student body president or a newspaper editor; a 'three' means you're pretty involved, a 'four' means you go home in the afternoon and watch T.V., a 'five' or a 'six' and you never move...
...John P. Reardon Jr. '60, director of admissions for Harvard, and Sylvia J. Simmons, associate dean of admissions and director of financial aid at Radcliffe, who will become the assistant directors...
...John P. Reardon '60, director of Harvard admissions, is expected to become associate dean of the new admissions office, and Mary Ann Schwalbe, Radcliffe director of admissions, office, and Mary Ann Schwalbe, Radcliffe director of admissions, and Sylvia Simmons. Radcliffe associate dean of admissions and director of financial aid, are expected to be named to posts that report directly to Jewett