Word: biochem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Orientation Week experience. It was a thrilling mixture of nervousness and excitement to meet scores of new people in nine days. ("Where from? " "Phoenix. " "Oh, I've been through Arizona before. " "What dorm? " "Hollis. " "Really? Do you know this guy Ray lives in Stoughton? " "What prospective major? " "Biochem. " "Sure! I took some physics in high school! ") Only weeks afterward did I realize that most of the people with whom I had the typical conversation would slowly drift out of my life, though even now I still say hello to many of those most shallow of acquaintances...
...contrast to the hard sciences, humanities concentrations experienced a dramatic drop in enrollment numbers between 1990 and 1994. Concentration 1990 1994 Biochem. Sci. 195 353 81% Chemistry 81 141 74% Hist & Sci 77 120 56% Biology 325 465 43% Computer Sci. 88 110 25% Economics 497 524 5% Social Studies 270 258 -4% Math 112 107 -4% Government 621 479 -23% Literature 58 48 -17% English 426 350 -18% History 330 220 -33% Hist...
...well-lit, centrally located building whose historic Russian bells ritually serenade its residents. Its courtyard has won architectural awards. The view from its tower is listed in the Michelin Guides as "spectacular." But Michelle Kiang '97 can't wait to leave. "Everyone keeps to themselves around here," says the Biochem concentrator. "Overall, it's very unfriendly...
Miss me? Last week was raisin' hell in a handbasket! I "got friendly" with a female hockey player, a biochem major and a junior's mom! And guess what! She was the hockey player's mom! Bet you've never seen the likes of the Captain! But I wasn't too busy to pick up a copy of last week's FM, and you know what I think? I think you printed a bunch of letters about me `cause Norma wants to have breakfast with the Captain! Captain...
Chances are you squandered your summer dissecting frogs in the name of medical science. Or maybe you were an aide to an aide of the undersecretary of transportation in D.C. Or if you were really lucky, you stayed here in Cambridge and fulfilled your biochem requirement...