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...semester drew on, John found himself facing academic probation. His grades weren’t getting better and his options were limited. “There’s a rip cord you can pull, jump before anything happens,” he said. “If you left before exam period, you could erase your past, academically.” So he pulled the cord. “What I didn’t know was that absolutely everything counts toward your final record...
...John has taken two leaves of absence due to academic reasons, but he’s never strayed very far from campus. On both leaves, he has remained in Massachusetts...
...John still lives in Cambridge. He now resides near Inman Square and works at a brokerage firm. He has only one Harvard semester on record, although he has technically been on campus for three. He characterizes his first leave as voluntary, the second, involuntary. Prior to his second leave, he had spent the year resisting suggestions from deans to visit the Bureau of Study Counsel and seek mental health services...
While he acknowledges that pride played a role in his response to administrative intervention, John resented that the administration was trying to apply a standardized process to his unique case...
Reflecting on his experience, John perceives his leaves of absence as disciplinary measures rather than solutions to a problem...