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Harvard will send admissions letters to fewer applicants this spring in an attempt to insure that the Class of '84 is not as large as this year's record freshman class, admissions officials announced yesterday...
...decision came after an unexpectedly high percentage of students admitted to the Class of '83 decided to attend the University. Last year 50 to 60 more students than anticipated accepted admission, swamping University officials and leaving them with problems of accommodating an overcrowded class, Jewett said...
Harvard's yield, the percentage of students admitted who actually enroll in the school, usually falls somewhere between 73 and 74 per cent. Last year's yield was 74.8 per cent, a 1.6 per cent increase over the previous class, Fitzsimmons said...
...told him to get goggles to protect his eyes from the chlorine, so each night the math major spent hours trying to read his number theory texts with tired, bloodshot eyes. Although he now knows to wear goggles when conditions require them, the battle against falling asleep in class and at the library continues, thanks to 7 a.m. workouts...
...campaign trail in a pinstripe suit, brushing aside questions about the more unusual elements of his lifestyle. Still, even those who respond favorably to Brown's opposition to nuclear power and military spending are confused by the barrage of bizarre terms with which Brown laces his speeches--"Class 9 meltdowns," "biomass conversion," "photovoltaic generation," and "holistic medicine." And Brown, who is using rock concerts to bankroll his campaign, will never shake parts of his image: one youth told a reporter that he came to a Brown rally only to "see the man Linda Ronstadt dates...