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...fateful day, though, the saga crossed the line into soap opera. As the letters were sent, rumors leaked out through the Daily Princeloman that the admissions committee was so deadlocked over the starlet's application that it had finally abdicated responsibility for the choice. Instead, James Wickenden, dean of admissions gave himself a few more hours. He flew to Florida, where Brooke was staying, bearing two possible fates--one letter of acceptance and one of rejection...
...MIDWEEK it was known that Wickenden's midair decision was a happy one Maybe, away from the hustle and bustle of transcripts his mind cleared: maybe he couldn't bear the thought of returning to face a campus of sullen undergraduates, maybe he happened to pick up an airline magazine from the seat pocket, and Brooke's smile warmed his heart. Or he may have thought seriously, and sensibly, about the trap the committee had fallen into...
Knowingly or not, Wickenden spared Princeton and the rest of the hemisphere the backlash that would undoubtedly have resulted. Complaints about the decision would have been more than justified after such an unorthodox procedure and would have kept People happy for a decade...
Other admissions officers thought the drop might portend more of last year's problems in attracting minority and low income students. James Wickenden, dean of admissions at Princeton, said yesterday he was "very pessimistic" about attracting minorities this year Princeton's 6 percent drop follows several years of increasing applicant numbers...
...closely foreshadow academic performance: Dartmouth is currently shifting slightly towards the tests, and Princeton officials have found the scores to be particularly revealing--especially in comparing students with similarly stratospheric SAT scores. Harvard was just "stating what a lot of us think is true." Princeton dean of admissions James Wickenden says...