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...students who expressed interest in concentrations that could incorporate spring transfers simply were not as strong candidates as those who could only transfer in the fall...
McGrath Lewis said the decision on how many transfer students to admit is made jointly by admissions, College and Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) officials long before students must decide if they will take time off from Harvard. Given the unpredictability of those numbers and the general downward trend in available beds, she said, “we try to be conservative” in how many transfer students to accept...
This year, the cap was set at 35 students, an estimate that did turn out to be low. Twenty or so transfer students—last year’s total from the spring—could have been accommodated, said College Housing Officer David Woodberry...
McGrath Lewis said members of former Dean of FAS Jeremy R. Knowles’ staff asked her to reduce the number of transfer applicants accepted...
McGrath Lewis said she does not think the drop in acceptances will continue. Given renovations of the Jordans in Pforzheimer House and other housing improvements yielding a few dozen more beds, plus Harvard’s newly liberalized study abroad policies, transfer acceptances might rebound in the near future, she said...