Word: transferals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Benning expressed mixed feelings about Harvard's transfer policy. "The administration's been great to me. They've allowed me to come here, and I'm really happy to be here. But deep down, I really think that they should offer housing as soon as people get here, in order for people to really feel they're a part of this place. I have this feeling that if they can't do that, they shouldn't allow transfer students in, or should make them aware that it's real touch...
...housing is not the only problem for transfer students, as Kathryn A. Kleiman '86 explains. A Social Studies concentrator who transferred from the University of Chicago. Kleiman was given residence in North House shortly after her arrival...
Andrew J. Sussman '87, who transferred after his freshman year from the University of Pennsylvania, has had a more positive experience. He is still living off campus, but says it does not affect his satisfaction with his decision to transfer to Harvard...
Sussman admits that he did not fully understand the importance of the House system to life at Harvard, but says that it did not at all cause him to regret his decision to transfer...
Overall, Sussman says that "It's really no harder to transfer here than it is to transfer to any other comparable school. It's a pain in the neck to transfer, but I don't think Harvard makes it particularly difficult...