Michael J. Lopez '03 stayed with a friend from home but saw a different side of Harvard in his host's roommate, a computer science concentrator.
"He basically just sat around working all the time," Lopez says.
Others recall the opposite problem--their hosts stumbled in drunk in the wee hours of the morning.
Students who plan to host pre-frosh this weekend say they will take their responsibilities more seriously, however.
Even though Wilson R. S. Prichard '03 did not attend visiting weekend last year, he looks forward to entertaining high school seniors.
"I think of them as little puppy dogs who are lost," he says. "They don't know what they're doing and you can play with them."
Pritchard and his Weld roommates requested 17 pre-frosh, but they doubt they will actually be assigned that many bodies.
While Mendelson says she hasn't decided how to advise her guests, she's certain of one thing.
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