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...applied to enter the Class of 2001 as a first-year, and I was rejected. I applied to transfer to Harvard after my first year of studies elsewhere, and again I was rejected. But that summer, I was granted the chance to come and spend one year as a visiting student. I gratefully accepted, and honestly gave up on plans to transfer here or anywhere else, thinking that I would spend my year at Harvard, learn what it was like, and then go back to my home school...
...This represents a marked change from first-year writing—science concentrators were more likely to receive A’s in their expository writing class than their humanities or social science peers...
...average, first-year students write 13 papers of at least five pages as well as 14 response papers of one to three pages...
...system was replaced because its benefits no longer warranted the added cost to the school and its faculty. The entire first-year program had to be run twice a year and tied up resources, The Crimson reported last spring...
Almost three years ago, I arrived on this campus with the enthusiasm that any first-year brings. In addition to my excitement about college and being away from home, I also looked forward to finally studying the subject areas in which I was most interested and not being confined to the strict regimen of high school classes. But as all first-years find out around April, this freedom can often result in a panic as it comes time to choose a concentration...