Harvard To Accept Transfers Again

It slid by unnoticed last week when a story in the Harvard Crimson reported that Harvard will resume accepting transfer applications this spring. The school had stopped taking transfers for two years – with at least one high-profile exception who is expected to be on the football field next fall.

A couple of interesting excerpts from the story:

In the past, Harvard has accepted as many as 75 transfer students in a year. The Crimson reported in 2008 that such notable alumni as John F. Kennedy ’40, Henry A. Kissinger ’50, and W.E.B. DuBois, Class of 1890, came to Harvard as transfer students.

Hmmm. They didn't mention record-setting tailback Clifton Dawson ;-)

And ...

At other Ivy League schools, policies on transfer admissions run the gamut: Yale boasts a 2 to 4 percent transfer acceptance rate and accepts 18 to 35 transfer students each year, according to its Web site, and Cornell welcomed 569 transfer students in the fall of 2009. Princeton is the only Ivy League school which does not currently have a program of transfer admissions.

Dartmouth numbers aren't mentioned but College Prowler listed 23 transfer applicants enrolled in a recent fall (the site wasn't clear on which one).

If The Sports Network has it right, there have been 42 openings for head coaches in Division I football this postseason and 39 of them have been filled. The three remaining openings are at Ivy League school (Cornell), a Patriot League school (Bucknell) and East Carolina, which just lost coach Skip Holtz to the University of South Florida.

The Cornell job opened came up in late December when Jim Knowles resigned to become defensive coordinator at Duke. The Bucknell job opened up when Tim Landis stepped down to take a position at San Jose State.

Vermont high schools aren't exactly known for turning out quarterbacks, although Rutland's Jake Eaton wrapped up his career in 2002 as one of Maine's all-time passing leaders before going on to play in the Arena League. Acclaimed as the best Vermont schoolboy quarterback since Eaton is 6-foot-5 Max Librizzi of Essex, who was recruited by Harvard and Brown before choosing Holy Cross according to the Burlington Free Press.

If the Librizzi name is familiar to Dartmouth followers it should be. Although she battled knee problems, Jamie Librizzi '04 was a two-time captain of the Dartmouth women's basketball team. And the football gene in her family is strong as this bio notes.

Whether Max Librizzi is the successor to Dominic Randolph remains to be seen, but the numbers for the kid from Dartmouth's front yard look pretty good. From the Free Press:

Librizzi completed 63 percent of his passes (232-for-369) for 3,335 yards. He threw for 45 touchdowns with his longest for 88 yards and rushed for two more. Librizzi threw only nine interceptions for high-powered Essex, which outscored its opponents 500-131 this year.

Should have mentioned this earlier but the Dartmouth men's basketball team erased a four-point deficit with 10 seconds remaining last night to beat St. Francis (N.Y.) , 65-64, on an old-fashioned 3-point play by David Rufful with 0.9 seconds left. The win was the first under interim head coach Mark Graupe.