2008 Woodie Awards
Harvard not to admit transfer students for two years
Issue date: 3/27/08
Officials at Harvard College have decided not to accept any transfer admissions for the next two academic years due to space issues.
Though the deadline for transfers for next year was Feb. 15, those applicants will no longer be considered and will have their application fees refunded.
The school considered other options before resorting to this one, even hiring an architectural firm to analyze the College's 13 Houses to solve the overcrowding problem.
The College also accepted only 40 transfer students from an applicant pool of 1,100, a substantial decrease. In addition, the admissions office will also be accepting fewer students for the class of 2012 and wait-listing more to prevent exceeding the capacity of freshman dorms. School officials say the root of the problem is that freshman classes in recent years have been very large.
Though the deadline for transfers for next year was Feb. 15, those applicants will no longer be considered and will have their application fees refunded.
The school considered other options before resorting to this one, even hiring an architectural firm to analyze the College's 13 Houses to solve the overcrowding problem.
The College also accepted only 40 transfer students from an applicant pool of 1,100, a substantial decrease. In addition, the admissions office will also be accepting fewer students for the class of 2012 and wait-listing more to prevent exceeding the capacity of freshman dorms. School officials say the root of the problem is that freshman classes in recent years have been very large.
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Seth L. Hunerwadel
posted 3/28/08 @ 3:43 PM EST
I don't feel that this article covers the outrage surrounding this issue. 1308 transfer applicants applied and were waiting eagerly for over a month to hear back. (Continued…)
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