NYT: Young, gifted, and not getting into Harvard

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<p>From today’s New York Times:

It was a spectacular winter day, bright, sunny and cold; the tide was out, the waves were high, and I had the beach to myself. As I ran, I thought the same thing I do after all these interviews: Another amazing kid who won’t get into Harvard.</p>

<p>That used to upset me. But I’ve changed.</p>

<p>Over the last decade, I’ve done perhaps 40 of these interviews, which are conducted by alumni across the country. They’re my only remaining link to my alma mater; I’ve never been back to a reunion or a football game, and my total donations since graduating in the 1970s do not add up to four figures.</p>

<p>No matter how glowing my recommendations, in all this time only one kid, a girl, got in, many years back. I do not tell this to the eager, well-groomed seniors who settle onto the couch in our den. They’re under too much pressure already. Better than anyone, they know the odds, particularly for a kid from a New York suburb.

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<p>Read the rest of the article here: <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/29Rparenting.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/29Rparenting.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;