Keyword Results ( "Admissions" )

1. Talking Out of School

Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

A Horace Mann teacher's decision to spill insider secrets cost him his job. Now he wants payback.

2. Taking on the Testocrats

Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

I went to visit Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier late on a recent Friday afternoon and dawdled in her outer office for an hour as she met with students. Through her door, I could hear voices bubbling away with the excitement of ideas. At last Guinier ushered the students, three women, out of her office. “Did you see them laughing?” Guinier says. “We had fun.”

3. The Rejects

Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

Every admissions office gets it wrong sometimes. Here’s our list of Harvard’s biggest mistakes.

4. Most Likely to Exceed

Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

Here’s how four Ivys stack up in the race for famous progeny.

5. Should Harvard Be Free?

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 01/02/2008

That's the question the Crimson asks in a recent article.

6. Harvard's Wealth Un-levels the Playing Field

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/29/2007

Harvard's financial aid package is great for middle-class students. But what happens to smaller colleges that can't afford to match Harvard's money? And will it actually reduce aid to poor families?

7. Harvard Shares the Wealth

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/10/2007

The University unveils a new, more generous financial aid plan, and escalates the competition between America's richest schools.

8. If you can't join 'em...

Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue

9. The Z-List is the New A-List

Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue

Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Golden’s analysis of Harvard admissions reveals both embarrassment and riches: The children of big-donor alums are systematically given preference over legacy offspring of lesser means.

10. Harder Than Harvard

Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

Last year, 22,955 applicants vied for 2,058 places in the Harvard College freshman class - an acceptance rate of about nine percent. But would the fortunate few have gotten into these even more selective institutions?

11. It’s Not Exactly Lying

Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

Filling out the admissions application has always been a creative endeavor.

12. Raising Harvard

Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

When it comes to getting into Harvard, it’s a hypercompetitive jungle out there. Do you really want to know what it will take for your child to make the grade? Then read on. But be warned: Raising a Harvard-ready child requires planning, determination, discipline—and a lot of money.

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1. Summing Up

Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

The Simple Facts about the Hollywood Issue of 02138.

2. Secret History

Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

How Harvard really came to rule Tinseltown.

3. Harvard and the Ripple Effect

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/31/2007

Harvard's decision to extend its financial aid continue to spark debate among other colleges about the wisdom of following Harvard's move—even if they could afford to.

4. A Christmas Gift for Drew Faust

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/24/2007

The Boston Globe's education reporter gives Harvard's president a puff piece for Christmas.

5. The Rise of the Bogus Admissions Essay

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/20/2007

In recent years, writing and rewriting high school kids' college application essays has become a big business. It corrupts the kids, of course—but is it so different from what happens once they get in?

6. Rewriting Harvard

Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Wiki revisionism

7. Marlyn McGrath-Lewis, AB '70, PhD '78, AM '74

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 10/10/2007

The Gatekeepers

8. Harvard's Hotness

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 08/24/2007

Newsweek lists Harvard as one of its hottest schools—because it rejects so many applicants.

9. Rejects

Each year Harvard admissions officers spend thousands of hours poring over tens of thousands of applications, trying to decide who is Crimson material and who isn’t. It’s an arduous process and, inevitably, mistakes are made. Here is 02138’s list of Harvard’s biggest rejects. Or at least the ones the university would love to reconsider.

http://www.02138mag.com/lists/Rejects.html

10. Harvard Law: The Musical

Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

Who ever thought law school could get this glamorous?

11. Rejection-Letter Therapy

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 04/10/2007

Harvard rejected 91% of applicants to its incoming freshman class. Now some of them are fighting back.

12. Stop the (Admissions) Insanity

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 04/05/2007

An ever-increasing number of students want to go to Harvard—and are getting rejected. Are they sacrificing their childhood for a college application?

13. Why Harvard Must Blog

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 04/03/2007

Not one humanist within FAS has a blog. That's not just weird, it's wrong.

14. The Red Badge of Dishonor

Magazine Archives Article : Spring 2007

Being a legacy admission is the dark secret of many an undergraduate. But is the reputation of being undeserving itself undeserved?

15. Welcome to the magazine for the Harvard sensibility.

Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue

16. Derek Bok, J.D. '54

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 09/15/2006

Derek Bok is both sequel and prequel to Larry Summers in his position as interim president of Harvard while the search for a permanent replacement is underway. He's in the limelight this week for Harvard's decision to relinquish early admission to the College, a plan pushed by Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons and championed by Bok.

17. David Steiner, 72

Tribe Posting : Lives : 06/16/2006

Vice president and first general counsel of Harvard University; in 1978, wrote a brief that convinced the Supreme Court that an affirmative action program for college admissions was constitutional.