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Most courses taught by superstars are huge Core classes with hundreds of students. A Core course is like watching a lecture on TV, but with uncomfortable seats and lousy audio. In these classes, the real teaching is done by teaching fellows (TFs), who range from the superb to the non-English-speaking. Shop around...
...what kind of individualized advising is available in your favorite department--especially if that department is large, like economics or government. If science is your interest, ask students what they think of their teaching fellows (TFs) and whether they feel they are being educated by TFs or the Nobel Prize winners on the Faculty. In any field, ask how much time tenured professors spend with undergraduates, and why departmental classes cannot generally count for Core credit. And if you did not get answers to all of your questions at the department meetings, be sure to voice your concerns...
Medical benefits, according to McCavana, are "standard at Harvard." He says TFs are provided with Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance...
...goes even further, saying Harvard's relationship with its TFs is so strong that these issues aren't even concerns for graduate students...
Ruquist says that third-year graduate students who serve as TAs in the humanities make between $10,000 and $12,000 a year--a full three thousand dollars less than the starting pay for Harvard's TFs...