Jennifer R. Pippins '96, who is graduating this June from the Medical school, says that in retrospect, she feels she made the right choice by deciding to attend Harvard Medical School.

"I thought it was a very supportive environment that helped students learn in the best way they could. Harvard undergrad prepares you for the Medical school by surrounding you with highly competitive and motivated people and setting high standards for you-this is a strong parallel between the Medical school and Harvard College" said Pippins.

Adriana V. Karagiozova '01, who was recently admitted to the PhD program at Harvard's Computer Science department, says she ultimately decided to go to Princeton.

"Harvard was definitely an option I was considering seriously-probably the fact that I was here as an undergrad made me consider it even more seriously than I otherwise would have. I visited Princeton, I liked the department and the faculty members a lot-Princeton's upper edge in theory and areas I'm interested in made me choose it" Karagiozova said.

For many students, though, the choice is more difficult-between graduate school and work. At the Law school, the admissions office has instituted a policy of granting admitted students a one year deferral to accommodate the demands of a large number of admittees who want to take time off before heading to Law school.

"Harvard College students tend to have a lot more choices (than students overall) when they graduate, including a lot more interesting jobs, that's why there are more people who ask for deferrals, and also more people who don't end up at Law school" said Curll. "Two-thirds will either accept or defer admission, whereas the remaining third decides not to attend."