And so Calfee went to Palo Alto as a freshman to swim for the Cardinal. And with her contributing as a freshman, Stanford went on to win the NCAA championship for the fourth consecutive season.
But, over the next summer, after the excitement of the national championship had subsided, Calfee realized that something was missing from her college life.
"Swimming had become my entire existence," Calfee said. "I realized that maybe I needed to reconsider my decision and look into other options."
She went back to Stanford for her the fall semester of her sophomore year, but she didn't swim and instead tried to immerse herself in other extracurricular activities to fill up her extra time. It didn't work, however. Calfee simply missed swimming too much.
"I still wanted to be swimming," Calfee said. "I just had to find a place where I could balance it with the rest of life."
And so, Calfee applied to Harvard as a transfer student and started talking about swimming for the Crimson. She enrolled the following fall of 1997.
Now an established swimmer for the Crimson, Calfee is relieved that she got a second chance to attend Harvard.
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