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1. 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.

2. 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.
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1. Released, Bhutto Rejects Caretaker Government
Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 11/16/2007

Benazir Bhutto, AB '73

2. 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.

3. From the Editors of 02138
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007
4. The Rejects
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

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

5. Alexander Vik, A.B. '78
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 08/15/2006

Who: Norwegian entrepreneur who now runs Sebastian Holdings, a buyout firm.

Living Dangerously: He nearly died in 1997 after being buried in an avalanche. Two other skiers perished. Vik was not breathing and had no pulse when he was found. Emergency medical personnel managed to revive him.

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