Before freshman year, all incoming undergraduates are assigned to one of the twelve residential colleges by the individual college deans with two considerations in mind: compatibility and diversity.
Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim, which can drive the less-experienced or-determined students away.
Every year before the U.S. flu season starts in the fall, scientists develop a vaccine based on whatever strains of the flu they expect will circulate.