"Admissions. Aren't there two sides to the word? And two opposing sides.it's what we let in, but it's also what we let out." For years, 38-year-old portia nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy (and sometime..."Admissions. Aren't there two sides to the word? And two opposing sides.it's what we let in, but it's also what we let out." For years, 38-year-old portia nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy (and sometimes punishing) career as a princeton university admissions officer and her dependable domestic life.