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...through their children's acceptance packets on April 1, and for the first time in over a decade, the acceptance certificate--the one that's suitable for framing--was not among the papers and forms. This absence marked the end of a much-beloved tradition. This year, no pre-frosh will have to struggle with the eternal question: to frame of not to frame...
...through their children's acceptance packets on April 1, and for the first time in over a decade, the acceptance certificate--the one that's suitable for framing--was not among the papers and forms. This absence marked the end of a much-beloved tradition. This year, no pre-frosh will have to struggle with the eternal question: to frame or not to frame...
...frosh weekend began and ended dismally. Upon arrival l quickly shooed my dad away, determined to have a stab at college self-sufficiency. After calmly navigating the mess of paperwork, "warm fuzzies" and eager parents at the admissions office, l gratefully received my room assignment. At the time, the word "Currier" was just a name on paper--it did not signify "the Quad." My host had left me a message: l could drop off my things in her room but she wouldn't be there. Several inquiries and two wrong-turns later l found myself at the entrance to Currier...
...that my host was not home. Stuck without a key card or a companion, l waited until 3 and then made my second trip from the Quad to the Yard, annoyed and disappointed. It was at this very moment of bitterness toward Harvard when the conundrum of the pre-frosh experience became clear to me, distilled into two essential truths: (1) this weekend, with its tours, jams and bashes would not really tell me anything about what my experience at Harvard would be like, and (2) l had no alternative but to make my decision based upon this weekend...
...told my dad that even though l hated every moment of the weekend, l would definitely go: The tour-guide had great sunglasses. A shallow rationale, but then again, pre-frosh is all about engaging in the superficial: People trying out new "college personalities," judging the climate, and engaging in five-second conversations about whether or not you'll decide to come...