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It uses a weighted average of 16 numerical factors such as average class size, acceptance rate (fraction of applicants who are admitted), and amount of alumni giving.
Moreover, there seems to be a distinct preference for applicants who resemble the security investigators themselves--exceptionally sober people who have never danced in a London disco, never had a Japanese girlfriend or a Brazilian boyfriend, and never tried smoking pot while in college.
It has been mocked as a meaningless gesture to stave off eager applicants and assuage the Russians.
The moral argument against sons of the elite who joined the Guard to avoid Vietnam is that they jumped the line--that they used their connections to leapfrog ordinary Guard applicants, leaving those applicants to be drafted into Vietnam to die in their place.
Each January, a Committee consisting of the three past-presidents of EURALEX (the European Association for Lexicography) select one or more successful applicants from among EURALEX members to receive the award of ¥1500 (between $2500 and $3000).