<p>Hmmm…What?</p>
<p>the point of lowering the standard for URM is to ensure campus and social diversity, not to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity. It’s sad, but students often do not have equal opportunity to Harvard.</p>
<p>Here’s your obligatory “days/minutes/seconds until impending doom” timer.
[Countdown</a> to Dec 13, 2012 5:00 PM in Fremont](<a href=“Countdown to Dec 13, 2012 5:00 pm in Fremont”>Countdown to Dec 13, 2012 5:00 pm in Fremont)
You’re welcome.</p>
<p>It’s 5:00 Cambridge, MA time. And it, at least the American spelling, is “judgment.” =)</p>
<p>[Countdown</a> to Dec 13, 2012 5:00 PM in Cambridge](<a href=“Countdown Timer – Time since Dec 13, 2012 5:00 pm started in Cambridge, Massachusetts”>Countdown Timer – Time since Dec 13, 2012 5:00 pm started in Cambridge, Massachusetts)</p>
<p>I fixed it up some.
Now, the countdown is in crimson, too.</p>
<p>I think they still have a couple more days of debating which applicants get accepted right? I can’t even imagine what’s going on in Cambridge right now. I heard toward the end of the admissions meetings, the atmosphere gets pretty volatile.</p>
<p>Well I know it starts West Coast to East Coast, so I think they’re debating the final demos and the controversial applicants</p>
<p>If what you say is true, what do they do for the next twelve days?</p>
<p>^Probably half of this coming week is still allocated to going over applicants. They usually close shop around December 6th or the 7th, then they begin putting together the ~772 acceptance packets and the loads of rejection/deferral letters.</p>
<p>@mohcoh Why is it west coast to east coast?</p>
<p>Although this article is seven years old, I don’t think the process of reading and evaluating applications has changed that much: [Keys</a> to the Kingdom](<a href=“http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/2006/05/keys-to-the-kingdom/]Keys”>http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/2006/05/keys-to-the-kingdom/)</p>
<p>Yeah, they spend the week between the 7th and 13th putting together the financial aid packages.</p>
<p>Interesting article above. I wonder how the 1-6 rankings come into play, especially if an applicant doesn’t play any sports.</p>
<p>I read that article a while back and as disheartening as it is, it is the honest truth about most ivy league school admissions. It makes you wonder what obscure quality they look for in applicants…</p>
<p>“admissions officers start by assessing each applicant in four areas (academics, extracurriculars, personal qualities, and athletics) on a scale of one (best) to six (worst)”</p>
<p>Oh man that is disheartening</p>
<p>I just want December and my RD apps to be over so I can focus on learning the things I’ve always wanted to learn but have never had the time to (programming, how the stock market works, and German, in particular)</p>
<p>Interesting article
The claim is that 20 percent of applicants aren’t academically qualified and easily disqualified and only 40 percent are premiere contenders academically. </p>
<p>Makes you wonder if those percentages went up or stayed the same with a huge increase in applications.</p>
<p>@johnsmith7101
Hurk. Another two reasons why I shouldn’t post things on Friday night.</p>
<p>What’s the point of rating athletics for non-athletes?</p>
<p>To add to the “well-rounded” factor?</p>