Taking the baton
Early last April, I pulled a pristine crimson folder from a tattered envelope to find the hard copy of my Harvard acceptance. Still euphoric from the news of my admission over email several days earlier, I flipped through the folder until I came upon a flyer about the April Visiting Program. The page explained that the April Visiting Program, now called Visitas, was a time when newly admitted students visited the College to experience Harvard’s academic, social, and extracurricular offerings firsthand. Within hours, I had signed up for a host through Harvard’s website and had booked a flight to Boston. Though I did not realize it at the time, the people and activities I would stumble upon over that weekend would set me on the trajectory to my current Harvard life. Pre-frosh weekend was a dream. In addition to attending panels, dances, and dining hall meals, I got to glimpse the aspects...