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...Life Sciences 1a and 1b do not give you a good idea of the breadth of the human evolutionary biology or molecular and cellular biology concentrations. Course titles can also be misleading, so take a careful look at the class syllabus and reserve reading list. (Expecting Sigmund Freud in your psychology class? Wrong. Try English or philosophy instead.) All this being said, if you already have an inkling of what you’d like to concentrate in, do get the introductory requirement course over with. And if you are even the slightest bit interested, take CS 50 before...
...have cute trust funds. This generates a great deal of indignation. And indeed, on the surface, the statistics are fairly daunting. Harvard’s general acceptance rate hovers around 7 or 8 percent. Yet the admissions rate was between 34 and 35 percent for legacy applicants to the class of 2011. Given the weight its degrees carry, shouldn’t Harvard base its admissions solely on merit? Why should legacy status serve even as a “feather in the scale,” as Dean of Admissions Marlyn McGrath...
...Speaking as a legacy myself (my grandmother, Radcliffe Class of 1951, has been suggesting that I write this article for a long time) I would argue that Harvard does owe us a little. The least you can give a child who was forced to grow up in a house with Harvard armchairs is a second look at his application. Scratch any legacy student and you will find someone who, as an infant, was forced to wear a bib that said I Will Go To Harvard Someday, or Future Freshman: On My Way to Harvard, or something of that...
Your local Harvard marketeer has probably touted the College’s thousands of course listings as a perk of being a member of the Class of 2013. While the academic options at Harvard are indeed expansive, many of you will find your schedules restricted by the few introductory courses that serve as entries on your dismal pre-med checklist or pre-requisites for that tantalizing econometrics seminar you’d like to eventually take...
...teaching fellow) for help, and don’t be afraid to approach the professors on conceptual questions that your TF can’t explain. Lecture videos are available online but are of questionable audio-visual quality, so it’s best to drag yourself to class the first time around...