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...take a second look” at legacy applicants continues to rouse periodic furors. After so many rejections—over 20,000 this year alone—Harvard has gotten pretty good at conveying when it’s not interested. But it has traditionally found it hard to say no to legacies, especially if they 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...
...This indefatigable worker is simultaneously loved and feared by students. He can be found lifting weights in the Cabot House gym, in a lecture hall teaching Biblical history, in a seminar room running a General Education committee meeting, in Cabot Dining Hall eating dinner with sophomores, or in his University Hall office listening to jazz music while working. While Harris can have a short temper with the press, his dedication is unquestionable: this curricular czar wakes up at 4:50 a.m. every morning and always seems to be juggling five different jobs, all of which have some focus on undergraduates...
...section, with the exception of occasional lectures by the course head and guest professors. The quality of teaching fellows varies drastically from one section to the next. Attendance at section and lecture is crucial: no instruction is videotaped, and a significant portion of the course material cannot be found in the textbook. Take advantage of the unit tests, which enable you to work on practice problems, get individualized help from undergraduate graders, and earn some extra credit. Learn to craft clear, concise answers to your problem sets, which will allow you to perform well under heavy time pressure during exams...
Last week, I went to Widener to retrieve an essay for my tutorial and found myself (a displaced history and literature concentrator) wandering around the psychology section a few floors underground. The book Satanic Ritual Abuse: Principles of Treatment, by Colin A. Ross caught...
Well into my fifth semester here, however, I’ve found the freedom and accessibility of our massive library system is one of the most rewarding aspects of a Harvard education. While we may have to wait for a librarian to retrieve rare 17th century manuscripts from the depository, the majority of books that undergraduates could want to access are, literally, at our fingertips. The mundane process of finding a book on HOLLIS and then swiping into Widener’s stacks is actually an act of academic autonomy that we are privileged to have. And as much...