After an application is completed, it is whisked away to be evaluated by admissions officers. Each file is read first by the officer who covers the area of the world from which the applicant hails; applications might then be read by as many as four other people, including professors whom the admissions office consults to better evaluate applicants’ talents in their fields. Beginning on January 30, admissions officers meet in subcommittees to review applications. Though the 20 subcommittees are divided by region, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 insists that “the person from Cambridge Rindge and Latin is competing with the person from Kuala Lumpur. The subcommittee is just the place to start from.” The applications that make it past this phase are reviewed by the full committee, which met this year from March 4 to 20 for six days each week.