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...March 2007, then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 stated that—although the number of admitted transfer students was to be halved—“We always want to have space for some exceptional transfer students.” Believing that promise, 1,308 students competed for the 40 estimated transfer spots for the 2008-2009 school year, down from 75 two years prior. A month after the application deadline, bad news was sprung upon the applicants: Harvard will not be accepting any transfer students for the next two academic years...
...Fitz has such a vision,” Donahue said. “He is very fair-minded, he reads voraciously, he is genuinely interested in all kinds of different cultures and walks of life. His ability to lead the admissions process in a way that we really admit the most talented students worldwide is unparalleled.”Fitzsimmons returned to work in the admissions office at the College in 1972 after teaching in the sociology department at Holy Cross for one year. He served as the director of admissions for 10 years beginning in 1974. He assumed...
This year’s decision to eliminate transfer admissions altogether is motivated in part by an unwillingness to admit transfer students on a non-residential basis...
...time Crimson greats.“We have that banner at the Bright [Hockey Center] and there’s a few Harvard names on it,” Vaillancourt said. “Everyone dreams one day to be recognized as that player. I have to admit I’ve looked at that banner a few times.”The last Harvard player to take home the Kazmaier award before Vaillancourt was Julie Chu ’07, who was in attendance at the reception as an assistant coach for Minnesota-Duluth.“I know...
...silly season in presidential politics, the moment when candidates involved in a bruising primary battle seem weakest and bloodied, as both Hillary Clinton and Obama do now. It's the moment when pundits demand action-"Drop out, Hillary!"-and propound foolish theories. And so I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I'm slouching toward, well, a theory: if this race continues to slide downhill, the answer to the Democratic Party's dilemma may turn out to be Al Gore...