<p>Conducted by Harvard's student-run comedy news show, though still very informative and contains new info:</p>
<p>YouTube</a> - Harvard Admissions Dean Fitzsimmons (On Harvard Time)</p>
<p>^ holy moley, that's reallllllllly informative. His comment about "200-300 acceptances based on extracurricular excellence in one particular activity.....200-300 acceptances based on unusual excellence in academics (super-geniuses)...and the other 1500 are Harvard's 'staple': the all-arounders."</p>
<p>I thought that was verrrrry interesting :)</p>
<p>Rejected Jesus, lulz</p>
<p>He seems like a nice guy. Very interesting interview, thanks for posting, OP!</p>
<p>Hahaha! This is hilarious. "Native American orphan, amputee, 9.5 gpa, 2500 SAT."</p>
<p>Yea, Harvard is becoming more unanticipated. Jesus also got rejected. lol</p>
<p>Fitz's comments sound very similar to the ones I heard from a guy promoting the school when I visited; very friendly and funny about Harvard's reputation and the admissions process overall. (The other guy joked that he no longer expected applicants to have won a Nobel Prize in the 4th grade; the 5th was now equally acceptable.) Either way, it's comforting to know they have some empathy for all of us. =P</p>
<p>Hypothetically, if someone didn't have working speakers, would one of you people to give the gist of this interview in written form?</p>
<p>^ I second that. Please? (I have dial-up, so that means no Adobe Flash Player, and therefore no YouTube :( .) Thanks!</p>
<p>I want to buy Dean Fitzsimmons a beer (three years from now, of course)</p>
<p>I want to accost the interviewer as he walks out his front door with a shovel.
One blow right between the eyes, many, many blows to the back of the head.</p>
<p>Not really....But still:</p>
<p>"....use words like 'dope' or 'hella' ?...."
"What's your favorite kind of Godiva chocolate?"
"Are there any <em>sexual</em> favors that people have offered?"</p>
<p>STOP ASKING EFFING USELESS/STUPID QUESTIONS!</p>
<p>The Jesus Christ thing owned</p>
<p>^bahahahahha basically, for those without speakers, the interviewers says</p>
<p>"So, I'm going to read off some stats, and you tell me what that person's chances are...
He's a hardworking carpenter, community organizer...He sacrifices for others! He's a leader amongst his friends...**He enjoys watersports<a href="%5BI%5DI%20think%20I%20almost%20died%20laughing%20here%5B/I%5D">/B</a>....and he was brought up by an absentee father...BUT he's had trouble with the law; he never took the SAT, and **he's got kind of a 'God-complex' <a href="%5BI%5Ddied%20again%5B/I%5D">/B</a>...and we're still waiting for him to show up to his interview!!!</p>
<p>Dean Fitz: "I think that's a little bit of a problem....didn't take his SATS...no interview. So who did we reject?"</p>
<p>Interviewer: "Uhh....Jesus Christ."</p>
<p>Also, the "You Got Rejected" video that is linked to this one is good, too. :)</p>
<p>^ I plan on watching that multiple times on March 31st/April 1st for all 4 HYPS to feel better about myself :)</p>
<p>hehe amazing and hilarious
how can we make sure everyone sees this?!</p>
<p>"So does your foot hurt?"</p>
<p>hehe
I like the "does your should hurt... from the recoil... of shooting down 25,000 dreams?"</p>
<p>^ That was a good line! :) And hookem, I'm probably going to end up watching it the 31st, too. :P</p>
<p>my favorite is "does your shoulder hurt... from the recoil... of shooting down 25,000 dreams?"</p>
<p>whoops, my bad for posting it twice-- either way, a good line. :)</p>
<p>Haha, I do stuff like that all the time!
Glad to know I'm not the only redundant person in existence :)</p>