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...full committee will meet for about ten days, from March 20 to April 1, holding sessions which last until 10:30 p.m. Reardon described the sessions as a careful balancing of viewpoints on what would be the best class. "One thinks there aren't enough mathematicians, another thinks we don't have enough all-around kids, and another thinks musicians really get the shaft...
...Harvard, so they'll see a class that looks roughly like the one they've deliberated so long and hard over. If the College had a 30 per cent yield like most college's do, the work of the admissions committee would be more mechanical and less interesting, Reardon said. "You'd just admit any body...
...process: the targets are thrown out and each case is presented by the chairman of the applicant's regional group. The committee may spend any where from a few seconds on a case with a 'six' profile to an hour and forty-five minutes on a toughone Occassionally, Reardon said, tempers get out of hand in the committee. "I've seen one person take a poke at another person. It doesn't happen very often...When you're dealing with that kind of stress over a number of days, there are some disagreements that get sort of personalized...
...essay is usally a neutral factor in a admission, written carefully and on a safe subject, often the activities the applicant has participated in or about his life in his hometown. "But in about 10 per cent of the cases it's really interesting and well done," Reardon said. "It brings to life what may not have not come out in the application itself and in about 10 per cent of the cases, it's a disaster...
...success of this program depends on the individual people in the area, and as a result varies regionally. When one recruiter stopped working, his absence was felt. Reardon said. "When he was there we were getting some amazing kids from Washington D.C. area. When he left no one really took his place...