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Avoiding what he called the rank list syndrome, David Riesman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, accepted students for Soc Sci 136 on the basis of the gestalt or totality of the impression made by the much-discussed questionnaire he required.
In determining each section list, Riesman strove to achieve variety and balance regarding fields of concentration, career considerations, and geographical background. It was heartening to him that many humanities and natural science concentrators applied.
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