Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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William R. Fitzsimmons '67 became more than a well-known signature to some Harvard freshmen when the Director of Undergraduate Admissions visited a group of yardlings this week...
...evening study break in Grays East, Fitzsimmons sought to allay what he said is a common freshmen fear of the "admissions mistake." Fitzsimmons said that new students "often question the legitimacy of their place at Harvard when they are surrounded by so many exceptional people. They wonder how they slipped...
...fairy tales do have happy endings and all students, even freshmen, eventually become legal...
...example, Marius writes, "We usually say that no more than about 15 percent of our freshmen can argue a case well." He presents lengthy excerpts from several undergraduate papers, collected in his nine years here, to support his argument...
...colleges either went coed or closed their doors. But today the surviving 101 boast that undergraduate enrollment is surging, despite a declining pool of high school graduates. Last week a preliminary survey of 64 schools, conducted by the Women's College Coalition, showed that the number of entering freshmen this semester has risen an average of 6.6% above last year, with some notable peaks around the academic landscape. The head count at California's Mills College is up 20%; freshman enrollment at the College of New Rochelle in New York has jumped from 92 to 144. At Bryn Mawr...