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...whippersnappers get spanked by the NASDAQ, but TV's youthquake--when networks unleashed a hot-bodied army of Dawson's Creek clones to capture young audiences--triggered an avalanche of zit fatigue. The teen cop (Ryan Caulfield), the earnest young politicos (D.C.), the sexy prepsters (the never-aired Manchester Prep)--all were dead on arrival, while older-skewing dramas thrived...
Students themselves are an incredibly varied lot, especially for the Ivy League. This is not your father's Harvard--while prep school alums are common, they no longer run the show. Harvard undergrads come from every state and increasingly from abroad--the international student population is sizeable and growing...
...centers stress non-violence and run weekly workshops on topics from drug and violence prevention to SAT prep courses and basketball games, Scott says...
Your article "Test Prep Courses Stress, Cost Students" (Feature, April 7) explored an unrepresentative range of Harvard experiences. The article correctly supports the assertion by Nicholas B. Lemann '76 that test prep courses traditionally promote meritocracy. However, there are also exceptions to this tradition. Not all companies use a few rare financial aid offerings covertly. Less privileged students also have the option of using courses that seek them out. Some options, such as my $350 TestWell LSAT course, charge everyone based on financial need and allow for free repeats. Your article fails to mention that students can make more moderate...
Also, most students do not invest extraordinary time in test prep courses simply because "everybody else is doing it." This competitive impulse contradicts the experience of most students I know, who have various backgrounds and legitimate needs to raise their scores--whether they are smart Harvard overachievers or not. Test prep does not merely defray anxiety for anxious over-achievers, as suggested, but often aptly levels the playing field for students who benefit, without emptying their wallets or hindering personal strategies...