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Harvard instituted the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) last year, which pledges no parental contribution for families with incomes below $40,000. The recent increase in fee waiver requests may indicate that the initiative has not deterred people from lower-income families from applying to the College...
...less do not have to contribute any money, and those earning between $40,000 and $60,000 have to pay substantially less as compared to previous years. The result of this new program appears to be fairly clear, as the number of students asking for an application fee waiver rose 45 percent. While this percentage does not show exactly how many applicants will qualify under the HFAI, those requesting the waiver are very likely to be eligible for the HFAI. The increase in students seeking an application fee waiver is also a strong indication that the initiative has been well...
With a Harvard ID and birthday—obtainable by undergraduates through an online facebook, and more widely through websites like anybirthday.com—a user can post or download resumés on someone else’s eRecruiting account or access the online UHS health insurance waiver form. Individuals can also activate an e-mail address for someone who is eligible for a Faculty of Arts and Sciences account but has not requested...
Nevertheless, as heartening as this year’s jump in fee waiver requests might be, these requests still only represent about 5 percent of all early applicants. And even if these numbers translate into a corresponding 50 percent increase in low-income freshmen, the University would still have a long way to go before its student body came close to reflecting the nation (and world) at large...
...took the spring semester off from school in order to train and recover from his injury, while also applying for a medical hardship waiver to be eligible to play with the Crimson for at least half of the 2006-2007 season...