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Harvard kicked off its annual pre-frosh weekend yesterday as the Yard was once again inundated with maps, quizzical faces and hundreds of red folders...
...Class of 1997 is composed of 35 percent nonwhite minority students, as opposed to the 16 percent in the Class of 1981. The admissions office, through mailings recruiters and alumni, tries to reach prospective minority students and during the upcoming Pre-Frosh Weekend, April 21 to 23, an entire day will be devoted to minority programs on campus...
Iremember being impressed during the summer--when I was still a pre-frosh--by the number of different cultural clubs that existed at Harvard. I was most impressed by the number of Latin American clubs, because I felt that if there were so many different clubs, then there must also be a dedication to the preservation of Latin American culture...
...addition, the College invites all admits to pre-frosh weekend, with on-campus expenses paid, and also offers minorities the option of extending their visit to stay for the extra days dedicated to addressing minority issues...
Crescent N. Mohammed '97 from South Bend, Ind., says Harvard did not provide her any campus contacts after she was accepted, so she depended on her experiences at pre-frosh weekend to answer her concerns about the campus climate. In fact, when she discovered her hostess was not Black, she stopped a group of Black female students walking down the street and asked them if she could stay with them...