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Opening Days makes the most of it
The arrival of first-year students in Harvard Yard is always accompanied by the hustle and bustle of activities during freshman orientation — or Opening Days as it’s known at Harvard. But the change...
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‘Harvard lifts aspirations’
President Drew Faust urged incoming students to shed their freshman shyness and embrace the possibilities at a large research institution such as Harvard, a place that she says helps its students...
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At college, but almost home
During Opening Days, every Harvard freshman gets asked the same set of questions over and over: “What dorm do you live in? What are you thinking of concentrating in? Where are you from?” When I was...
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So close and yet so far
Clare Goslant was in the first week of her freshman year at Harvard, but she already knew her way around. She grew up 90 seconds away. On the other hand, Colin Lu came from a city that is 10,522 air...
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Carving out a winner
With pumpkins carved, painted, and in one case even completely covered in candy corn, Annenberg Hall resembled a scene straight out of “Harry Potter” thanks to the annual freshman pumpkin-carving...
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Goodbye parents, hello Yard!
Michelle Friesen remembers being a college freshman, setting off from Idaho to Long Island University years ago. “It was great, I was so excited,” she recalled, with a wisp of wistfulness. Friesen is...
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From preschool to Harvard
When the trees explode into hues of crimson and gold, we know fall has arrived in New England; yet that’s only one signal of a seasonal change. As a college freshman, the crunch of leaves under my...
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I must confess, I’m not quite sure where to begin. It started as a blur, packing the van with my family, the agonizingly long drive from Alexandria, Va., and the terribly, terribly unhealthy fast food...
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College freshmen often believe friends are having more fun
As the title of her 2011 memoir, actress and writer Mindy Kaling asked the tongue-in-cheek question “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?,” neatly encapsulating her self-deprecating persona as an...
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