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  • Author(s): LAPORTE, NICOLE (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Town & Country. May2022, Vol. 176 Issue 5482, p100-103. 4p. 2 Color Photographs.
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      Harvard's acceptance rate sank to a chilling new low: the university accepted just 3.2 percent of applicants for the class of 2026. FEATURES In February, when asked to describe how college admissions was going so far this year, one affluent white parent in Los Angeles sent me a text with three emoji faces: one was sad, one was blue-faced and shivering, and one looked ready to barf. Speaking later over the phone, this person chose the word "bleak" to describe how the early action/decision results that were announced in December (regular admission results came out in late March and early April) had gone over at the exclusive independent school, where their child - a top student and leader with reams of extracurriculars - had been deferred from an Ivy League school despite a legacy connection. C. Upcoming Supreme Court nail-biter involving Harvard and the future of affirmative action. [Extracted from the article]
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