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...Laitin, who grew up in San Diego, says he began sailing when he was about five years-old and began racing in summer regattas when he was fifteen. He had a very successful junior sailing career and raced in the junior national regattas...
According to Laitin, he came to Harvard "prepared to sail...
...However, Laitin says that during his first years of sailing at Harvard, he lowered his academic expectations by putting pressure on himself to succeed in sailing...
...Laitin says that perhaps the decision that "coming in, this would be my one thing" may have caused him to place more emphasis on sailing than on studying...
Unfortunately, Laitin says that his grades dropped when he spent too much time on the water. "I didn't fail freshman year, but it didn't go as well as I hoped...