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...March 2007, then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 stated that—although the number of admitted transfer students was to be halved—“We always want to have space for some exceptional transfer students.” Believing that promise, 1,308 students competed for the 40 estimated transfer spots for the 2008-2009 school year, down from 75 two years prior. A month after the application deadline, bad news was sprung upon the applicants: Harvard will not be accepting any transfer students for the next two academic years...
...That’s a shame,” Dawson said of the new admissions policy, “because Harvard accepts so few transfer students anyway, and the ones that they do accept are particularly exceptional...
Even disregarding last week’s announcement, Du Bois would not be admitted to the College today, because under current admissions policies, students cannot transfer to Harvard College after receiving a degree elsewhere...
While Kissinger would have qualified for transfer under recent policies, even he would be rejected under the current transfer moratorium...
...Kennedy could still hypothetically apply to Harvard despite this year’s transfer moratorium. If a student has not yet completed a year at another post-secondary school, the student can still apply to Harvard as a freshman—though the student would not receive credit for work done at another institution, according to Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath...