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...point about admissions tips is similarly disingenuous. Athletes receive tips because sports are a significant portion of college life and a primary motivator in alumni donations--more so than with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra or the Harvard Advocate. Unfortunately, that's the way it is. By providing a tip, perhaps a stronger one than goes to "stars" in other fields, the admissions office is recognizing a fundamental societal reality...
Beginners may want to avoid Ajax--or at least to proceed with caution. If you feel you just have to say you've skied this behemoth, here's a tip: make a big show of getting on the gondola in the morning, spend the day in Little Nell's drinking hot chocolate, and then quietly ride the gondola down...
Readers' comments written on applicants'summary sheets indicate that the "tip" athletesreceive in admissions is often crucial toadmission...
...athletic "tip," it has been argued, islargely for fundraising purposes, since goodsports teams tend to correlate with high returnsin alumni donations...
Despite indications that the athletes' "tip" islarger than that of applicants talented innon-athletic extracurriculars, coaches still saythey have little pull in the admissions process...