This was a difficult time to enter university since, World War I having just ended, there were large numbers of men returning from the army who were either restarting the university studies they had begun before the war or were taking up their studies for the first time. The lecture halls were crowded and often Cartwright had to copy up notes of lectures which she could not get into because of the crowds.
Ito ay isang mahirap na ipasok ang oras ng unibersidad dahil, World War I pagkakaroon lamang natapos, ay may malaking bilang ng mga kalalakihan sa pagbabalik mula sa hukbo na ang alinman sa restarting ang unibersidad na pag-aaral nila ay sinimulan bago ang digmaan o ay dinadala ang kanilang pag-aaral para sa unang panahon . Bulwagan ng panayam ay masikip at madalas Cartwright had sa kopya up ng mga tala ng mga lektura na kung saan siya ay hindi makakakuha sa dahil sa mga crowds.