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However, Fitzsimmons says the yield for the Z-list is about 67 to 70 percent—not much lower than the 76 percent overall yield that the College reported for the Class...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Z-Listed Students Experience Year Off | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

According to Fitzsimmons, Harvard does not aim to use the Z-list to admit legacy students. Instead, he says, the Z-list contains a greater proportion of legacies than the class in general since legacy students might be more willing to accept a spot on the Z-list...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Z-Listed Students Experience Year Off | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

Fitzsimmons says that Z-list admissions, like all admissions decisions, are need-blind. However, he says that the cost of funding a year off from school has deterred some students from accepting a Z-list spot...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Z-Listed Students Experience Year Off | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

...Harvard should take into account the students who they’re asking to take a year off and make sure that their families are able to do it,” says a student who wished to remain anonymous, since she says that the Z-list “gives off an impression that is radically different from...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Z-Listed Students Experience Year Off | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

Maturity is also frequently cited as a potential rationale behind Z-listing. But according to Fitzsimmons, the College simply views Z-listed students as “good candidates” that it would like to enroll...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Z-Listed Students Experience Year Off | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

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