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...Harvard ought to liberalize the transfer operation greatly.” Transfer students, then and now, are a significant demographic of highly motivated students and leaders that the College would be remiss to exclude. Space constraints have always been one of the most limiting factors in admissions, for both freshmen and transfer applicants, and we realize that the current issues are of pressing concern. However, if a mere 40 transfer applicants were accepted and spread out across all 12 houses, the additional space constraints per house would be minimal. Furthermore, alternate solutions like using temporary or grad dorm housing, cutting...
Sophomore skipper Alex Bick and freshman crew Colin Santangelo sailed to 12th in the A division, while a pair of freshmen led the B-division boat to sixth place...
...despite the new policy, the College admitted three transfer students in 1974, accepting three fewer freshmen to accommodate them...
...Students from both Mather and Eliot conceived of involved video-promotions to excite freshmen about the prospects of becoming Mather or Eliot-ites—a member of the latter house even bought out two domain names on the Web for this purpose (www.adamssucks.com and www.eliotsucks.com). And as per custom, all of the 12 House committees have spent recent weeks toiling over the details of welcoming the rising sophomores. On a recent night in Adams (the house where I was arbitrarily assigned to live two years ago), dozens of residents descended on the dining hall wielding puff paint and poster...
...seems to be little doubt about that. Yet it also makes for strange behavior. When people are lumped together with those with whom they may not have much in common, there’s an impulse to find some connection to celebrate. When this happened to 1,600 Harvard freshmen yesterday morning, the celebration was of pride for Houses they may feel nothing for. So while there may be no harm in gushing over your House, be aware of how strange...