How do students manage their time between school work and swim team commitments?
Athletics is a primary component of the educational experience at Harvard. The ability to prioritize and manage time is an important part of the learning process for Harvard students, especially Harvard student-athletes. The amount of time team members commit to the swimming and diving team is significant and requires discipline on the part of the student athlete. A significant percentage of Harvard students are involved in extracurricular activities and must plan their schedules accordingly. This planning and discipline is an integral part of the Harvard experience. Approximately 1,000 of the nearly 7,000 undergraduate students at Harvard compete in intercollegiate athletics, proving every day that it is realistic for Harvard students to be successful student-athletes. A great example of this success was displayed as recently in the spring of 2008, when senior swimmer Geoff Rathgeber was awarded the William J. Bingham Award for the Most Outstanding Male Student-Athlete at Harvard as w
