<p>Underachiever, “indictment” is a bit strong, don’t you think? The standard of error-free decisions and an accurate cardinal ranking of applicants is just not realistic. At my company, we have many fewer applicants and much more time to vet them, and there are still problems. Which we have to solve later. We don’t treat every statement a candidate makes as a lie until proven true; who would want to work in such an environment? And the same for Harvard’s admissions committee.</p>
<p>That said, nocensure, hopefully the difference between you and your classmates comes through in the letters and the school report, both of which I understand to be surpassing important. Why can’t you tell colleges about your microcredit organization?</p>