While the admissions office routinely touts the "dual citizenship" of women at Harvard and Radcliffe, most pre-frosh said that "value-added" status had little impact on their applications.
"Radcliffe didn't play a major part in my decision to apply," Derisa J. Grant said.
Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70-'73 confirmed that "dual citizenship" is of negligible help in recruiting female applicants.
"There's no evidence that it's been a positive thing," Lewis said. "We have not found that particular aspect of the relationship a plus."
Lewis said the admissions office had told pre-frosh "only what the statement itself said, that Radcliffe has declared an intention to merge with Harvard."
But she added that few students had questions about the deal.
"Not surprisingly, we have been asked very little by prospective students," she said. "There are quite a lot of details, but I don't think anyone who hasn't spent time as a student already has any understanding of that."
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