Harvard Admission Rating System

Data10
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 02:23:36 +0000

So, Data, when you said the lawsuit says, I assumed you mean the suit part, not the defense. I’m not finding this independently, wonder f you can give the link.

See https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/diverse-education/files/expert_report_as_filed_d._mass._14-cv-14176_dckt_000419_033_filed_2018-06-15.pdf . “Primary” extracurricular activity was one of the controls Harvard’s expert used in his admission model (not used by Plantiff’s model). Harvard’s expert defined this “primary extracurricular activities” as listed first or second. He writes:

“As shown in Appendix D, there are significant differences across racial groups in applicants’ primary activities (defined as those listed first or second on the application). Applicants are instructed to list the activities most important to them first on the Common Application.”

In any case, if some kids list their HS varsity sports on the bottom instead of among their first 2 ECs, it would increase the number of HS varsity athletes above the 22% of applicants reported in appendix D, furthering my point – the portion of applicants receiving a 2 is much smaller than the portion of applicants who are HS varsity athletes, so one can assume that getting a 2 requires more than just being a varsity athlete.