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...experience that will hopefully reignite and re-cement their enthusiasm for the school through this common learning approach, which is reflective of the approach they enjoyed when they were students here,” he said. The three-day event, which costs $1,500 per person, currently has a waitlist of over 250 individuals, according to Stephanie Goff, director of alumni relations at the Business School. She said that the Business School began advertising to the alumni 18 months ago. And despite the market turmoil, Goff said that she wasn’t worried about a dropoff in attendance...
...With a slight drop in yield—from 78 to 76 percent—and a smaller number of admits, 200 high school seniors on the waitlist received thick envelopes from Fitzsimmons’ office late this spring. This raised the acceptance rate from the initial 7.1 percent to 7.8 percent. (Last year just 50 freshmen were admitted from the waitlist...
...also genuinely surprised that Harvard actually acted upon their wait list candidacy,” Lodha said. “[I had] previously incorrectly assumed that at selective schools the waitlist is more of a consolation than anything else...
...Fitzsimmons said that the high numbers of students taken off the waitlist is expected to decrease in the future. The slight change in yield has given the admissions office a benchmark for future years...
...parent of a 16-year-old high school junior, I see this as nothing more than an attack on the family unit. My wife and I are both college-educated with professional careers. We are certainly capable of helping our daughter deal with being on a waitlist or any other issues around getting into college, including identifying others who might be able to help. But you essentially suggest that parents should provide their private financial information, pay the bill and let their children run amok unguided. Perhaps Jeninne Lee-St. John should consider how many of these students...