{"id":1240,"date":"2011-10-27T18:30:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T22:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2011-10-28T12:26:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T16:26:32","slug":"october-updates-from-brattle-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2011\/10\/27\/october-updates-from-brattle-street\/","title":{"rendered":"October updates from Brattle Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone!\u00a0 Elise here,\u00a0 it&#8217;s my favorite time of year in Cambridge, and after several weeks on the road, I&#8217;m really happy to get back to campus.\u00a0\u00a0 My colleagues and I have had some exciting travel adventures this fall and have talked with students all across the country and throughout the world.\u00a0 Here are just a few of the places Harvard Admissions Officers have visited in the United States over the past few months:\u00a0 Montgomery, Alabama; Anchorage, Alaska; Los Angeles, California; Tallahassee, Florida; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Providence, Rhode Island; McAllen, Texas; Washington D.C., Sioux Falls, South Dakota&#8211; and the list goes on!\u00a0 Beyond the US, we&#8217;ve visited China, South and Central America, 4 African nations, 4 Canadian provinces, and the United Kingdom.\u00a0\u00a0 See photos below from the recruitment trip to Swaziland, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania that our International Director of Admissions Robin Worth took last month:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1333\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/files\/2011\/10\/robin-photo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1333 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/files\/2011\/10\/robin-photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/files\/2011\/10\/robin-photo-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/files\/2011\/10\/robin-photo-1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Information Session at the US Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1334\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/files\/2011\/10\/Robin-photo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1334\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1334 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/files\/2011\/10\/Robin-photo-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/files\/2011\/10\/Robin-photo-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/files\/2011\/10\/Robin-photo-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presenting at Masibambane High School, outside Cape Town, South Africa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back on campus, the academic year is in full swing, and Harvard Yard is buzzing with activity.\u00a0 New England is stunning in the fall, and I&#8217;m constantly reminded of how lucky I am to be here.\u00a0 When the leaves begin to change, Harvard Yard glows with brilliant yellows, reds, and oranges, enough to take your breath away. \u00a0 Photos to come&#8211; I promise!\u00a0 Over the past couple of weeks, we&#8217;ve had lots to celebrate at Harvard.\u00a0 Two weeks ago, students and alumni from all over gathered together to wish Harvard a Happy Birthday.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t already, check out what <a title=\"Caroline- 375th Anniversary\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2011\/10\/15\/happy-375th-harvard\/\">Caroline<\/a> and <a title=\"Kate- 375th Anniversary\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2011\/10\/13\/get-ready-for-the-most-rockin-birthday-ever\/\">Kate<\/a> had to say about Harvard&#8217;s 375th Anniversary!\u00a0 This past weekend was <a title=\"Head of the Charles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hocr.org\/home\/default.asp\">Head of the Charles<\/a>, the world&#8217;s largest Regatta, and thousands of students and families flocked to the banks of our beloved Charles River to compete, watch races, and partake in the festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Here in the Admissions Office, we&#8217;re gearing up for the Early Action application deadline next Tuesday, November 1.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re planning to apply to Harvard under the Early Action deadline, make sure you have your materials in by November 1.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll look forward to reading your application!\u00a0 And while we&#8217;re on the topic of applying, please humor another quick plug to check out our new <a title=\"Application Tips\" href=\"http:\/\/www.admissions.college.harvard.edu\/apply\/tips\/application.html\">Application Tips<\/a> section of the Admissions website for some great helpful hints.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, as you may have noticed, we have some new faces on the blog.\u00a0 Visit the updated &#8220;<a title=\"Meet your Bloggers\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/meet-your-bloggers\/\">Meet your Bloggers<\/a>&#8221; page for bios of our new writers. \u00a0 Our students can&#8217;t wait to tell you about their experiences!\u00a0 I&#8217;d like to offer a big\u00a0 welcome to our new writers&#8211; Natalie, Shannon, Kemie, Scott, Jeanie, Shaun, and Reid.\u00a0 And we&#8217;re delighted to have some familiar faces&#8211; Caroline, Jesse, and Kate&#8211; on board again this year.\u00a0 Stay tuned for posts from each of these students throughout the next few months, and let us know in the comments section if there are topics you&#8217;d like for our writers to cover.\u00a0 We&#8217;re here for you!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for now&#8211; good luck with your applications!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone!\u00a0 Elise here,\u00a0 it&#8217;s my favorite time of year in Cambridge, and after several weeks on the road, I&#8217;m really happy to get back to campus.\u00a0\u00a0 My colleagues and I have had some exciting travel adventures this fall and have talked with students all across the country and throughout the world.\u00a0 Here are just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2494,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29776],"tags":[37355,37397,37395,37396],"class_list":["post-1240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-admissions-office","tag-application-tips","tag-early-action","tag-fall-recruitment-travel","tag-head-of-the-charles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1240"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}