"We want Harvard to enter as many qualified students as there are," he said.
Gerson said students are selected for this prestigious honor because of their academic and extracurricular excellence and not because of the college they attend.
"We choose individuals, not colleges," he said. "Essential prerequisites include high academic excellence and other qualities such as leadership, vigor and concern for others."
Gerson said Harvard should not be phased by this news.
"Harvard should be extremely proud of its record. No other institution has had as many winners, both overall or in one particular year," he said.
Harvard has had as many as 10 Rhodes Scholars in one year.
The University boasted more Rhodes Scholars than any other school for six straight years in the last decade until Yale and West Point broke its record in 1999. Each school netted three scholars to Harvard's two.
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