Word: recruited
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...before coming to Harvard. In a matter of two years, Weiler was nearly unstoppable on the track-and-field circuit, amassing just about every accolade possible. Winning the Under-18 World Championships and being named as a USA Today All-American instantly made Weiler a coveted recruit.“He was highly recruited and very accomplished coming out of high school,” Saretsky said. “He was undefeated his senior year in high school. He showed a ton of potential, and he’s a great competitor.”But Weiler credits...
...that night, I kept up with her for years,” he said. “It was a shame I didn’t want to go to law school.”LOOKING AHEAD Throughout the last decade, Palfrey said that Adams House has attempted to recruit SCR members who would be more interested in directly engaging with undergraduates. Still, both SCR members and students acknowledged that it is difficult for undergraduates to incorporate SCR functions into their busy schedules. “Harvard is an unbelievably rich place. There’s a bewildering array...
...lucky to get someone like her.” Murray’s drive was not lost on another director at Bell—SEAS founding Dean Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti.“He was head of materials science and was trying to recruit me, but I went into physics instead,” Murray says.But though Venky, who remains a professor of engineering and applied sciences at SEAS, failed to convince Murray to join his specialty, he did manage to help get Murray to join his school, where she appears poised to continue...
...facilities, the program,” Crocker says. In Harvard’s club, “there’s only one [player] that had any previous polo experience, which is a huge handicap against all the other teams we’re playing because they attract and recruit young players that come to play polo and have played before...
...Crocker wants to recruit at least one experienced player to minimize the effect of losing Nick. With the team’s growth this past year, several interscholastic players from all over the world—including one from Singapore that Crocker especially has his eyes on—have expressed interest in the club. If he were to have a say in the selection between two very similar applicants—one with polo experience, the other without—it could yield unimaginable gains for the Harvard team, Crocker says...