How far will high-school seniors go to get college admissions officers' attention? In an article that quotes Harvard College dean of admissions and financial aid William R. Fitzsimmons, the Boston Globe takes a look at some of students' quirkier attempts to get noticed.
Among the things admissions officers don't recommend: nude photos and taxidermy. Apparently, these are things actual applicants have tried.
A Harvard discussion on increasing threats and how to stop them
Katey Stone alleges gender bias in handling of abuse allegations that led to her retirement.
On a Radcliffe-Harvard memorial to remarkable figures
Broadway music director Madeline Benson on art and collaboration
How overheated political attention warps campus life
Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East
