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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s like Harvard’s Z list.  And probably more about money than about yield. [/quote]

Z list is by invitation only to luminaries and the affluent. Only about 20 offers per year at Harvard. Chicago's is a wholesale USNews ranking game. Check college comfidential on Chicago waitlist with gap year.

And I don't see harvard's garbage thread on here. Chivago's is like every other week started probably by an army of unemployed alums. [/quote]

You routinely assert that Chicago makes significantly more gap year offers than Harvard, yet are never able to substantiate that claim.  According to this article, this a fairly common admissions practice, but usually not acknowledged or publicized.  At Harvard, it disproportionately (but not exclusively) helps legacies (not luminaries and not kids with substandard credentials or kids who are immature).  Not clear who benefits or how it is used at other schools, though I suspect that full pay students are always over-represented.  In situations where yield or available beds aren’t predictable, it’s a potentially useful tool.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/4/3/the-legend-of-the-z-list/[/quote]

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