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...When Harvard dropped its early action program, it was a bit of a roadblock,” Balasubramanian said. “It made me consider a lot of other schools more seriously...
...Harvard of the 1950s was still largely male, white, with an undergraduate student body dominated by alumni sons—many from private schools and from the East. Many of them were, of course, very fine—but quite a number were not, and there was a bit too much homogeneity. In this respect, there has been a revolution, instigated especially by Presidents Derek C. Bok and Neil L. Rudenstine, and carried out by all those in charge of admissions. The triumph of diversity, lamented by some conservatives who mistook it for a degradation of standards, is actually...
...Initially I was a bit stunned when I found out that I was accepted to Harvard; this was something I had been dreaming about for several years,” Balasubramanian said. “The decision was not quite as amazing as Yale though since that was the first school I got into...
...while head coach Katey Stone promised to start “who[ever] stops the puck more times than anybody else,” Martin’s experience seemed to put her ahead in the race for the top spot on the depth chart. But the injury bug bit the Harvard goaltending corps once again, only this time it was Martin who went down and Kessler who emerged the starter. The twist of fate prompted a historic season in which Kessler wrote herself into the NCAA record book—accomplishing in just her second year what took...
...season that was by all means successful for the Crimson co-ed team. The squad finished the regular season ranked No. 9 in the nation. Harvard boasted a particularly young team, with just six juniors and seniors, that improved over time. “We struggled a little bit early in the spring and really just hit our stride the last month or so,” Kovacs said. “Our freshmen made a lot of big strides this semester.” On the women’s side, it was a season that saw plenty...