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...interview everybody yourself, then you rely on proxies,” Rinere said in an interview last week.“We made a decision to accept some of the students without an interview...based on several factors: their applications, recommendations by deans, members of faculty and the SAB, and the applicants’ references,” she said.Fellow Brigit M. Helgen ’08 said that at the training session, Rinere “made a point of saying...there wasn’t any sort of nepotism involved.”Nevertheless, Rinere wrote...
...Fellows (PAF) Program met its deadline. With a surprising 480 applications to sort through on a tight schedule, this was a considerable accomplishment, but the process used for selecting PAFs belied the success. Its methods—particularly the solicitation of recommendations from undergraduates on the Student Advisory Board (SAB)—sparked controversy and left more than a few students confused and frustrated.The administration is to be commended for the new program, largely designed by the SAB. Currently, most first-years have an abysmal advising experience, and often survive only on the coattails of upperclassmen in their extracurricular...
Brooks B. Lambert-Sluder ’05, an associate at the APO, said that the APO solicited recommendations from the student advisory board members both to save time and because “the Student Advisory Board knows what the program needs.” Applicants recommended by SAB members were either accepted or offered an interview, he said...
...they’re going to do interviews they should probably interview everyone,” said SAB member Michael I. Levin-Gesundheit ’08. Levin-Gesundheit added that interviews are important “especially since it really matters that people are approachable and down to earth,” which is not possible to discern without interviews...
Haining Gouinlock ’07, a former prefect board officer and a current member of the SAB, said that the prefect program had previously had a strict policy against prefects getting involved in the application process of a friend or acquaintance...