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More sophomores leave Harvard voluntarily than in any other year of their college career. This is in part attributable to the recognized "sophomore slump" which often consists of having to make a choice of how one is going to conduct one's college life. John H. Finley, Jr., Master of Eliot House, suggests that part of the reason for the great sophomore exodus may be the disillusionment sophomores initially feel for House life...
...should. He wants to study and can't. Or if he isn't a student type, he feels he should be having a worthwhile extracurricular life and isn't. Predominant in all these people is the awareness that one can have only four years at Harvard. They often leave at mid-term, because they think if they stay for finals, they'll lost the term completely...
...College years are so important. The worst thing is that going to college can't be redone. If the college years are wasted they are irrevocably wasted. Students who feel this intensely and who find that they are not getting enough out of the place or who are unhappy often leave...
...have come back here with a fixed notion of what they will do in life, such as going to medical school. "They don't want to do what they originally intended and feel they have to leave out what they really want to do. Another group of students who often leave are the underachievers, who leave because they feel they have wasted their time...
...accept the decision of the person wanting to leave, but if I think his position unwise I tell him so. If a man says he wants to withdraw to mature I tell him that's nonsense. He must have a more positive purpose. I often get students who want to be told why they shouldn't leave...