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How Selective Is Too Selective?
Harvard Crimson
We are not looking for a lower admission rate,” said Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons '67. “But we are trying to get the best people we can get from every economic [and] every ethnic background, and as you do that, ...
Admission Yield Rates Increase At Selective SchoolsCity Town Info Education Channel
For International Students, Early 2012 College Admissions Yields and Wait-List ...New York Times (blog)

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Clayton Spencer Strikes Out On Her Own, Leaving Behind Long Legacy of ...
Harvard Crimson
“Anything good that's happened in the time she's been here, there is very little question [whether] she had a hand it in,” says William R. Fitzsimmons '67. “If anything that happened that wasn't good when she was here, you can also be almost guaranteed ...


 
Harvard College Admission Yield Rises to 81 Percent
Harvard Magazine
Today's news release cited “the return of early action” as a leading factor in increasing the yield “so significantly,” according to William R. Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid, underscoring the competitiveness of admissions to ...
Daily DebriefingThe Dartmouth
Harvard Yield for Class of 2016 Soars to 81%Harvard Crimson

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Area deaths for May 26
Canton Repository
Walton-Schrader. BROTHERS, William G., 56, of Massillon; no services. Ohio Cremation/Mark R. Vrabel. DAVENPORT, David R., 56, of Alliance; call 3 to 5 pm Tuesday at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian; service immediately following. FITZSIMMONS, Patricia MK, 80, ...


 
Admissions Goes to Court
Harvard Crimson
Current Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons '67, who was an admissions officer at the time, declined to comment on his office's response to the Bakke decision. Regardless of Harvard's immediate reaction, the decision pushed ...

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Early Word on 2012 College Admission Yields and Wait-List Offers
New York Times (blog)
William R. Fitzsimmons, the dean of admissions and financial aid at Harvard, attributed this year's high yield to “the return of Early Action, the importance of our generous financial aid program in uncertain financial times, and a series of changes ...


 
The Layers of Linsanity
Harvard Crimson
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons '67 says that the impact from Lin's exposure will not be limited to Ivy League basketball. “We [look at demography], looking five, ten, 15, 20 years out. That's really what our time ...

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