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...fact, the tutorial staff in the biochem department recognized the need for mentoring more than 70 years ago and instituted the senior scientist program. Under this program, Faculty volunteers, as well as post-docs and scientists in the biotech industry, act as tutorial leaders for a group of no more than eight undergraduates for a period of three years. Senior scientists sign study-cards, assist their tutees in finding a lab in which to work and often act as thesis advisors...
...meetings, and if a particular student doesn't attend the meetings, the staff go out of their way to find out if that student needs additional help or advice. This system is the result of a firm commitment on the part of the department to undergraduate education, and the biochem tutorial staff as well as the Dean of the College express great pride in the program. The fact that students are also enthusiastic about the program, as seen by the high ratings the biochem department received in the annual Harvard survey on advising, suggests that other departments can learn from...
...Felix E. Diehn '98, a biochem concentrator who is also applying to medical school, says he is doing hands-on research. The 20 to 25 hours he spends a week in the lab are spent "all at the bench...
...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...