BLOGZIL!

I recently applied to grad school at Harvard, and in the financial aid section they ask a bunch of questions to find out if you qualify for "special" funding. Presumably these are special pots of money earmarked by their donors for people fitting particular descriptions. The questions starte getting strange, so I figured I'd share. Here are some of the things that might get you money from Harvard:

Citizen or native of:

• Argentina
• Australia
• Canada
• China
• Colombia
• Croatia
• England
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Luxembourg
• Mexico
• New Zealand
• Philippines
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• Hawaiian Islands or the islands west of Hawaii (Please specify which island)
• Southeast Asia (Please specify which country)
• Africa (Please specify which country):

A permanent or long-term resident of:

• Boston, MA (Please specify which neighborhood)
• Bourne, MA
• Bridgewater, MA
• Brockton, MA
• Cincinnati, OH
• Dorchester, MA
• Everett, MA
• Fitchburg, MA
• Hingham, MA
• Lincoln, MA
• Malden, MA
• Marblehead, MA
• Mattapan, MA
• Milton, MA
• New Haven, CT
• Orangeburg, SC
• St. Louis, MO (area)
• Carbon County, PA
• Stark or Tuscarawas County, OH
• Westchester County, NY
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Maine
• Minnesota
• Ohio
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Vermont

A graduate of:

• Boston Latin School
• Any public or parochial high school in Cambridge, MA
• Mansfield, MA High School
• Gadsden, AL High School
• Any high school or secondary school in Providence, RI

A member of:

• The Fly Club (Harvard)
• The Society of St. John the Evangelist

Planning a career in:

• the US Diplomatic service
• Public Service (Harvard College graduates only)

A lineal or collateral descendent of:

• John Austin Amory, A.B. '07
• John W. Appel of Lancaster, PA
• Henry Bright, Jr. of Watertown, MA
• Gov. Thomas Dudley of MA
• Joseph Ernest and Octavia Walton Goodbar
• John and Hannah Ellis of Walpole, MA
• Henry T. and Lilla P. Handy of Cataumet, MA
• David Ellis and Beulah Newell of Dedham, MA
• Charles William Eliot
• Alan Bedford Hudson
• Robert Pennoyer
• Edward Frederick Slater

Harvard class of:

• 1889
• 1902

[who's alive from these classes and still applying to grad school? -ed.]

Please indicate if you have a family surname of:

• Baxendale
• Downer
• Hudson
• Thayer

If yes, please give exact relationship . Be prepared to provide documentation.

An employee of Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc. or any associated companies.