Showing posts with label Harvard's admissions process. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harvard's admissions process. Show all posts

Friday, October 19, 2018

Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Federal Court; The New York Times, October 19, 2018

Anemona Hartocollis, The New York Times; Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Federal Court

"Although many selective colleges are known to engage in the same admissions tactics, Harvard’s lawyers lamented in pretrial papers that being forced to produce application materials would be like divulging trade secrets, and would allow students and college counselors to game the process, which is in full swing right now. The judge even likened Harvard’s formula to the recipe for Coke.

In the end, however, Harvard’s lead counsel, Bill Lee (Harvard Class of 1972), said this week that it had been necessary to spill some secrets.

“I’ve definitely not revealed the secret of Coke,” said Mr. Lee, who represented Apple in a patent suit against Samsung — another trial that exposed closely guarded secrets. But, he acknowledged, “you’re learning a lot about the admissions process that never would have been public otherwise. We want you to know. Once you understand it, you can understand how decisions are made.”"