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...light of the nation’s growing Latino population, the Harvard admissions staff is considering creating a Spanish version of the College’s main admissions brochure, Fitzsimmons said...
...moment, the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative offers an information page in Spanish to help parents understand Harvard’s aid policies. In addition, several admissions officers—as well as student volunteers who participate in the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program—communicate in Spanish with parents of potential applicants, Fitzsimmons said...
Similarly, other schools such as Bryn Mawr College, Smith College, and Wesleyan University offer Spanish pages on their admissions Web sites, and admissions officers at the University of Pennsylvania have conducted information sessions in Spanish during recruiting trips...
Several Harvard students who come from Spanish-speaking families expressed enthusiasm for these universities’ efforts and said that they would have found such materials helpful when applying as high school seniors...
Nancy E. De Haro ’12 said that her parents were initially unsure about her decision to attend Harvard over a college in her home state of California. A promotional brochure about Harvard in Spanish would have been helpful in validating her college choice, she said...