Word: rand
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...that matter, neither did I until he made his biggest jump of the winter--from South House to Winthrop at the outset of this term. The fact that Rand was in a position to make such a jump in the first place is a story in itself...
...Rand is a member of that distinct group who once upon a headmaster attended prep, private or whatever you want to call it school. But only for a year...
Otherwise known as a post-graduate, Rand went to Northfield-Mount Hermon (Mount Hermon in the good old days) the year after his graduation from Lincoln-Sudbury (Lincoln Suds any day) for a simple reason--to get into college...
...gone 0-4 at Lincoln Suds, but whereas you would no doubt take this fact and hide it under your SAT instruction booklet, Rand talks freely of the path upon which he skied into Cambridge, of the April morning in '75 when he received four letters in the mail--from Harvard, Bowdoin, Vermont and Colorado College--and they all said "No." As in "We are sorry to inform you that we are unable to offer you a place in next year's freshman class...
...Rand went west, tried again and the results, after a shaky start, were a little better. Bowdoin said no again--not once, but twice, early-decision breath--ditto Colorado College, but three schools said "Yes," and Harvard was one of them...