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100

This administrator preceded Jake Kaufmann as the Griffin Director of Financial Aid.

Who is Sally Donahue?

100

Twenty percent of Harvard families pay this amount for their student’s attendance.

What is nothing/$0?

100

Students who receive Harvard grant assistance are eligible to transfer their financial aid to these approved term-time abroad programs.

What is study abroad?

100

Prospects with a child in these grades should not meet with a financial aid administrator – or any other administrator – until after the child’s admissions cycle.

What are grades 11 & 12/juniors & seniors?

100

In 2014, this prospect gifted Harvard College the largest gift in financial aid history at $150M.

Who is Ken Griffin ’89?  

200

This FAO administrator graduated from the College in 1993 with a degree in Anthropology.

Who is Jake Kaufmann?

200

The average annual financial aid award for Harvard College undergraduates.

What is $55,750?

200

With this scholarship model, each pledge payment from the donor will be split, with a portion being used as current-use to support a student recipient, and a portion directed to the endowment.

What is the hybrid model?

200

When analyzing financial aid fundraising totals within each giving bracket of the gift pyramid, they are distributed in this way.

What is “evenly” or “in thirds?”

200

In 2016, these prospects endowed a new startup grant program, which awards $2,000 to every incoming freshman starting with the Class of 2020, whose family income is $65,000 or less.

Who are Tim ’87, MBA’93 and Michele Barakett?

300

This FAO administrator has three Harvard degrees – a Bachelors, Masters of Education, and Doctorate of Education. *DAILY DOUBLE* if you can name the correct degree years. 

Who is Dean William Fitzsimmons AB’67, EDM ’69, EDD’71?

300

This percentage of undergraduates receive scholarship support from the College.

What is 55 percent?

300

Bringing traditional scholarship funds up to this $2 million level with additional gifts is a great way for financial aid donors to build on their generous support and have an even greater impact on the Harvard community.  

What is a fully flexible scholarship?

300

As a former undergraduate scholarship recipient himself, this Harvard President created the first major financial aid initiative: the National Scholarship Plan.

Who is President James Conant ‘1914, PhD‘1916? 

300

In 1643, this donor bequeathed the first undergraduate scholarship to Harvard College.

Who is Lady Mowlson of London, Ann Radcliffe?

400

This FAO administrator worked both as a teacher and in the finance sector before working in financial and admissions.

Who is Jake Kaufmann?

400

The average parent contribution annually.

What is $12,000?

400

Harvard College may accept scholarship three types of preferences directed toward areas of un-met need that might include…

What are geographic residence, extracurricular interests, or academic interests.  

400

These four student groups provide their unique opinions and insights on the Harvard College undergraduate experience for potential students.

What are the (1) Harvard College Undergraduate Minority Recruitment, (2) Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, (3) Harvard First Generation Program, and (4) Harvard College Connection?

400

This alumnus and his wife established a scholarship to commemorate his 20th reunion (in 2015). He did so in honor of his parents, who emigrated from Thailand, settled in California, and made numerous financial sacrifices so he could attend Harvard.

Who is/are Chuckra (Chuck) Chai ’95 and Mon Siriwatwechakul MBA’02?

500

In this year, Dean Fitzsimmons was appointed as the Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid for Harvard College.

What is 1986 (34 years)?  

500

$1,950

What is the [cost of the] term-time work expectation?

500

This program provides additional financial assistance to students who are faced with emergency term-time medical and dental costs that will prove to be an extreme financial hardship for their families. Students receiving Harvard Scholarship assistance who incur unforeseeable, non-recurring expenses may apply for this type of aid to help cover a portion of those costs.

What is Beneficiary Aid? 

500

In 1821, this alumnus took the position of the President’s Freshman. He was responsible for “perform[ing] the official errands of the President” and received about forty dollars annually, the cost of his room at the College. This evolved into what is today called work-study.

Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?

500

This 2010 Ghanaian alumnus and donor, wrote a letter to then-president Neil Rudenstine when he was six-years-old to ask how he could get into the College.

Who is Sangu Delle ’10?