The Admissions System Harvard Invented to Keep Students Out | The Part They Leave Out

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There is a list at Harvard that you will never see. If your family's name is on it, your chance of admission goes from 3% to 33%. It's called the Dean's Interest List — and it has been running since 1922. In 1922, Harvard's president had a problem: too many Jewish students were getting in on their exam scores. So the u…

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April 21, 2026

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