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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by jkaplowitz on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:46PM (#29599728)
It's especially hard to get athletic scholarships at Harvard, because as with all Ivy League universities they don't award them.

Of course, I'm sure the athletics department does apply other forms of pressure to various parts of Harvard, making it easier for athletes to get admitted and pass their classes etc. But any scholarships they award are (corruption aside) at least theoretically based around financial need.

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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by pirate787 on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:12PM (#29599962)
They don't have scholarships but there are dedicated athletic admissions slots.
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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by jkaplowitz on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:08PM (#29600391)
I'd easily believe that, yeah.

(Since it's hard to tell in text: no I'm not being sarcastic.)

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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by meetingthrower on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:36PM (#29600158)
Yes, and I think you will find that those slots cover most of the rich white male population present at Harvard...
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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by jkaplowitz on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:09PM (#29600394)
Oh plenty of them are non-athletic legacies too I expect.
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