Despite their unusual introduction to classmates this fall, Harvard freshmen will face the process of blocking â choosing students with whom they will share an upperclassman House â this spring, administrators explained at a virtual panel Wednesday.
Senior Assistant Dean of Residential Life and First-Year Students Nekesa C. Straker, Director of Housing Carina A. Myteveli, and other College administrators discussed the housing application process for rising sophomores at the panel.
Straker â who was joined by Assistant Director of Housing Brian M. Boughton and several peer advising fellows â opened the panel by acknowledging studentsâ anxieties about applying for housing given the atypical fall semester. In addition to the social distancing regulations on-campus freshmen navigated in the fall, Harvard College announced on Dec. 1 that it would prioritize housing for upperclassmen in the spring, reducing in-person socializing opportunities for freshmen.