Currier residents remember that Murray left the House, quietly and without explanation, toward the end of the fall semester.

Harvard declines to comment except to say that Murray is no longer enrolled.

Bloomkatz says that she was not surprised at Murray’s departure.

“I imagine if you always have one foot out the door it’s really hard to be here,” Bloomkatz says.

Murray says it was a lack of fit between her and college in general that was the ultimate determinant.

“It wasn’t about Harvard specifically—it’s just not a good time for me to be in college,” Murray says. “It was totally about me.”

“People are always trying to get this angle, like, ‘what was it about Harvard that didn’t work?’ but it was more about my personal preferences in terms of structure,” she says.

Murray does not blame Harvard for her struggles there.

“The people at Harvard were really good to me,” Murray says.

“The structure was all there for me, but I didn’t make use of it,” she says. “[My proctors and tutors] always offered to have talks with me, but I didn’t want to, really.”

Murray does say that she felt somewhat estranged from those who were making the decisions about her future at Harvard.

“I didn’t feel too much of a connection between me and the administration,” she says.

Bloomkatz says that Murray could have used more support from the school.

“You can’t just take somebody who has just had so many difficulties in childhood and throw her into Harvard and expect them to just thrive and be wonderful and not need support,” Bloomkatz says.

But for most of those outside a circle of immediate friends and family—not just Harvard—Murray’s fierce independence has made her a hard nut to crack.