Building a career About business The education business

Answer key

1. Building a career

   1. About business The education business

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telemarketing, personal referrals, weekends at Harvard, mail shots, travelling shows

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a 23,000 applications for the new academic year b 9% of applications were accepted

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   80% ultimately decided to attend
   
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   10% of admitted students came from abroad e 35 staff in Fitzsimmons’ team
   

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   $43,700 - the annual tab for tuition, room and board
   
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   $60,000 - parents who make less aren’t expected to pay h 8000 alumni volunteers
   

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   high school juniors’ names
   
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   70,000 or so letters
   
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   140 US cities
   
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   8,000 alumni volunteers
   
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   one to six
   
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   subcommittees
   
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   Professors, alumni, and students
   
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   a weekend, in April
   

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   speaker 3
   
2. 
   speaker 1
   
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   speaker 4
   
4. 
   speaker 2