Harvard to transfer students: try again in two years

By James Vaznis, Globe Staff

Harvard College has a message for students who want to transfer to the institution: There's no room at the inn.

School officials said Thursday they will not accept transfer students for the next two academic years because of a shortage of student housing.

In a statement posted on its website, the college said Dean David Pilbeam based his decision on a recent study of the college's residential housing that was the most thorough examination of housing needs in the institution's history.

The college has a long tradition of housing most of its undergraduate students on campus and does not admit transfer students to a nonresidential status.

Harvard spokesman Robert Mitchell said the school wanted to focus on serving new students, rather than transfer students, because of the limited housing.

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