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...year after Ogbechie and Schweitzer—both California girls—spurned more renowned, West-Coast volleyball schools for the Ivy-covered concaves of Harvard, Penn pulled in a top-50 recruit of its own in 6’2 Michelle Kauffman of San Diego...
...Harvard admissions office needs to make a greater effort to recruit low income students,” Slater said. “If other top schools have been able to enroll low income students, then why not Harvard...
These vast disparities do not themselves imply that we could do more to recruit qualified low-income candidates. We would expect smaller numbers at Harvard even with optimal recruiting, because educational and cultural barriers prevent some from receiving the academic preparation necessary to compete in the larger applicant pool. When I talked to her, Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 rightfully rejected any romantic suggestion that admissions should accept students not fully prepared for the academic challenges they would face here...
Admissions can and should go further, however. The UMRP’s success at sending students to their hometowns to recruit for racial and ethnic diversity should be extended to the economic and even geographic spheres. Subsidized campus visits for promising low-income students would encourage those candidates to consider Harvard, including those that never visit, because it would symbolize that they have a place here. We should also consider switching to a need-conscious admissions policy, consistent with the principles of affirmative action in admissions, to boost the number of low income applicants...
These upper-class students will not be paid, which makes sense; though their advice is valuable, the time commitment of explaining one’s personal experience to a first-year is negligible. As for choosing the advisors, departments’ head tutors should make sure to recruit students who have different areas of interest, and who also have a wide range of experienes in the department. If all the upper-class students present sugar-coated views of their departments rather than honest appraisals, the program will do little to help first-years make informed choices...