June 2007 Article by Harvard Admission Dean

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>I don't recall seeing a link to this article before on CC, so here it is. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=519210%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=519210&lt;/a> </p>

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<p>Here's a link to an older article about Dean Fitzsimmons's efforts to expand outreach to low-income students. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512414%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512414&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I really do not get the whole thing of "EA hurts the poor" crap...This was discussed earlier this year and led to nowhere. What's the reason of posting this again? It's a done deal, so who cares?</p>

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<p>"EA hurts the poor"</p>

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<li>I don't understand why EA is unfair to people who are poor.</li>
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<p>Do a Google search, there's a lot of info. on the web about this.</p>

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<p>ED hurts the poor. EA doesn't. Or at least shouldn't.</p>

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<p>^ Yeah that's why I don't understand it. Didn't Harvard have EA, not ED before?</p>

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<p>yeah, Harvard had SCEA</p>

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<p>ED hurts the poor because they can't compare financial offers. EA hurts the poor because they generally have inferior college advising and family/social information about colleges, and are therefore less likely to be in a position to identify and apply to a school early in the process. (That is also an ED issue, of course.)</p>

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<p>In any event, Harvard, Princeton, and U of Virginia concluded that they could gain more low-income, outstanding students in their entering classes by going to a single-deadline system of admission. Now there is a natural experiment going on. After a few years, each of those colleges, and their various "peer" colleges, will study the real-world results and decide what to do.</p>