Regarding 'Hargadon legacy is one of weakened alumni input' (Letter, April 8):
More Princeton alumni are involved in the undergraduate admissions process than ever before. Many more. The expansion of alumni activity as information gatherers, ambassadors, recruiters, and mentors is one of Fred Hargadon's legacies, and the trend continues to build under Dean Janet Rapelye.
There are now well over 5,200 alumni schools committee volunteers in 331 plus committees in the U.S. and abroad (The U.N. has 191 member countries) Of the 13,690 applicants in 2004 our volunteers interviewed and submitted reports for 11,149. That is more than 81 percent of the total worldwide applicant pool, and over 86 percent of all U.S. applicants that were interviewed. Like a four minute mile, or an 18 foot pole vault, it is tough to do much better. But we are going to try.
Our local Alumni Schools Committees host April receptions for admitted students and assist the admissions office in numerous ways. Dean Rapelye has encouraged this help by taking every opportunity to explain how helpful alumni work is to the admissions office. Indeed, with many demands on her time she has made herself available on many occasions to meet alumni, and there will be an excellent opportunity to meet her at a program on Saturday morning of reunions this year.
On May 6, I will be on campus for a program designed to encourage seniors to become admissions volunteers immediately upon graduating. Alumni interviewing is too worthwhile and too enjoyable not to share with our youngest graduates who haven proven to be among our most effective volunteers.
Nick Allard '74
Chair, Alumni Council National Committee on Schools.Read More
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