Word: tipã
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...explained that the business of sibling admissions is less clear cut than the system for legacies. “Since the admissions became competitive in the mid- 20th century, there has been a tip for Harvard-Radcliffe sons or daughters.” Lewis uses “tip?? (as in “of the scale”) to describe the slight bias toward legacies; ceteris paribus, the committee will tend to accept the legacy over the non-legacy. An interesting side-note: the long-standing “tip?? has only applied to women...
...influence. Although the committee has not recorded statistics regarding sibling admissions, she surmises that their acceptance rate is higher than average, primarily because the siblings “tend to be pretty well self-selected as candidates.” Lewis warns that the “tip?? is only considered when two applicants are otherwise indistinguishable; it has no bearing on objective criteria like grades and test scores...
...Students agree with the “sibling tip?? to varying degrees. Christina Krause, who was accepted in December and is the younger sister of Molly Krause ’02, concurs with the self-selection theory; she notes that although she knows several siblings who were accepted, they applied because they knew they were as qualified as their older siblings. Joanna Hootnick ’02 and Dan Koski-Karell ’03 assert that siblings shouldn’t have any significant advantage, but they appreciate the school’s tendency toward bringing family...