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Marquand believes the new transfer policy is a step in the right direction, but no solution...
...Hockey helped a lot, just son of stepping right into a group of people who had the same basic interests I had. I talked to some of the other transfer students on teams and in the orchestra and other activities," he says, "and we all agree that being a part of a group like that really made it a lot easier to meet people...
...That's the tough part," he says. "When you're with the whole freshman class, you have people to talk to. I guess you all sort of feel that way. As a transfer student, you're so different, and the fact that you're not living together makes it harder to share those more personal things...
Benning expressed mixed feelings about Harvard's transfer policy. "The administration's been great to me. They've allowed me to come here, and I'm really happy to be here. But deep down, I really think that they should offer housing as soon as people get here, in order for people to really feel they're a part of this place. I have this feeling that if they can't do that, they shouldn't allow transfer students in, or should make them aware that it's real touch...
...housing is not the only problem for transfer students, as Kathryn A. Kleiman '86 explains. A Social Studies concentrator who transferred from the University of Chicago. Kleiman was given residence in North House shortly after her arrival...