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...Open, tomorrow at Gordon Track, with competition kicking off at 9 a.m. It is just the second meet of the young indoor season, and figures to be another warmup contest for the Crimson as the teams work toward Heps and NCAA Regionals in March. Expect to see plenty of freshmen, as the men’s team welcomed 22 first-years and the women’s squad 23 this year, numbers that should bolster last year’s point totals, which were often harmed by Harvard’s inability to field competitors in all events. Some freshmen...
...freshman without support from specialists is asking far too much of a single person.” We could not agree more, and, in fact, that is why first-year advising is designed with built-in redundancy. We believe that this is the best way to provide freshmen with a network of advisers, from proctors to non-resident advisers to peer fellows to concentration advisers, none of whom could—or should—be expected to know everything about every course and every concentration. It is with this in mind that first-year advising provides students with multiple...
...academic interests of advisers and advisees works well in the sophomore advising program. Students are, after all, much closer to knowing which fields they are interested in pursuing. Freshman year, on the other hand, should be a time of exploration of the many academic opportunities available at Harvard. Many freshmen enter the College believing they will pursue one field, only to discover an academic interest in an entirely different field as they take classes and listen to their peers. If freshmen were assigned one exclusive adviser each based on stated choice of field in the summer before coming to Harvard...
...advisers) and 1,675 students (not to mention 44 concentrations and well over a hundred advisers in the concentrations), making the right academic choices can seem confusing or overwhelming at times, and navigating the curriculum can be complicated. We do see areas for improvement in first-year advising. But freshmen surveys, focus groups, conversations with students, their parents and alumni over the last couple of years indicate that there is a growing satisfaction with academic advising. They all suggest that first-year advising is more successful than your editorial depicts...
...piece of furniture nearly ruined the beginning of freshmen year for Peter M. Conti-Brown ’05. Conti-Brown, who had just arrived at Harvard from his home state, Oklahoma, could only afford to attend Harvard because of the generous financial aid package he had received from the College...