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...percent of students Harvard has endorsed for the Rhodes Scholarship fell to its lowest in five years this autumn, according to Office of Career Services (OCS) figures...
...University endorsed 57 percent of the applicants this year, a decrease of approximately 5 percent from 1990, according to OCS Assistant Director of Fellowships Paul A. Bohlman. The actual number of students endorsed remained the same, but the number of applications for the scholarship increased by 7.4 percent...
...Rhodes Scholarship, established in 1902 by British diplomat Cecil J. Rhodes, allows students from around the world to study for up to three years in the graduate schools of England's Oxford University. In the United States, the Rhodes Scholarships Trust does not require college endorsement of applicants...
Harvard's endorsement committee, which includes faculty members and Jewett, recommends Rhodes Scholarship applicants on the basis of their grade point average (GPA), plan of study and extracurricular activities. Applicants must attain a GPA of 13 on Harvard's 15-point scale, or petition for endorsement on the basis of other merit...
...scholarship and the aca demic side is being emphasized more and more," Bohlman said of the 1989 changes. "The endorsement committee tries to pick the very best and look for positive reasons to endorse them...