Word: transferable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This sort of favorable response to the transfer student is characteristic of the University Administration. The person who is admitted as a transfer student to Harvard from another college is very carefully screened and academically ranks above the University average. Twenty-three men were admitted as transfers this fall, 33 last year, and only...
...paucity of transfers admitted two years ago brought forth a plea from the Masters for more transfer students. The Committee on Educational Policy has also appealed for the admission of more of these men. Eliot Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House declares, "The general run of transfer student is superior. It is a pity that under the present great pressure for freshman admission, we take fewer than we used...
...Committee on Admissions has not always been limited to taking a mere handful of transfers. Wilbur J. Bender, Dean of Admissions, himself a transfer into Harvard, notes that "not too long ago, the one-year senior, the person who transfered to get a Harvard degree, was quite common." In the late 1940's the College took about 100 transfer students a year...
...present time, however, the Committee on Admissions admits annually only about 25 transfers from nearly 200 applicants. The stated policy sent to each person requesting transfer information reads thus: "Each year Harvard admits a limited number of transfer students from other colleges who are honor students in their own colleges and who have a substantial academic reason for wanting to attend Harvard. The competition is rigorous and only those men who are particularly well-qualified are selected...
This stern and cautious invitation, coupled with Harvard's reputation of being not overly receptive to transfers, undoubtedly discourages many transfer prospects from applying. Furthermore, the University makes no effort to solicit transfer applications by sending admissions officers around the country to seek them...