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...06—were all accepted by Harvard, the Miami Herald ran a front-page feature story with the headline, “Four Students From One School Beat Long Odds, Join the Elite in Their New Environment.” Just one percent of their peers typically attend college out of state, and Ivy League acceptances are rare occurances...
Guillermo A. Coronado ’05 understands that type of responsibility. Coronado, a Social Studies concentrator in Dunster House, was born in Guatemala City but raised in a suburb of Chicago. He is the first member of his family to attend college, the first graduate of his high school to attend an Ivy League college, and the first member of his tightly-knit Pentecostal church to attend college...
...college admissions time grew closer, Simmons began to question her desire to attend Harvard. While she had spent many years cheering for the Crimson, she had become a very successful rower at St. Paul’s, and was being recruited by many national universities. In particular, she was intrigued by the Naval Academy. “I had always wanted to be an astronaut,” Simmons says. “I was tempted by the idea of being able to fly planes and being a woman in the military...
...convenience that keycard access provides to first-years is another, albeit less important, reason to provide them with this privilege. First-years will no longer have to endure long waits outside House entrances trying to visit friends, go to meetings or attend parties. Wider keycard access will also remove the burden for upperclass students who have to descend to their Houses’ outer doors to let in their friends. Making Houses accessible to first-years will make all lives easier and remove the unnecessary barrier between first-years and their upperclass peers...
...dilution of House community, the experiences of five Houses that already grant first-years keycard access—Cabot, Pforzheimer, Leverett, Lowell, and Quincy—suggest otherwise. It is hard to argue that the presence of first-years freely entering Houses to meet with friends and attend parties will in any way lead to a breakdown of the House community. Instead, wider access will foster greater undergraduate connectedness and will better prepare first-years for House life...