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This spring, upperclass students will help advise first-years as they pick their concentrations, thanks to a measure approved by the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) yesterday...
...plan calls for the head tutors within each of the College’s academic departments to compile lists of upperclass students who represent a wide spectrum of academic, extracurricular and career interests. The lists, which will be available on-line, will allow first-years to look for advisers with similar backgrounds and goals...
Some parents expressed doubt about the accuracy of the glance they gleaned of their children’s Harvard lives this weekend. One parent said she overheard upperclass students expressing relief that parties would be smaller this weekend, with the absence of first-years...
Though Lewis’ recommended changes are meaningful, the awards they concern are largely meaningless. Ninety-two percent of upperclass students were on the Dean’s List last year, and 67 percent earned either John Harvard or Harvard College Scholarships. Because these honors are awarded to so many students, the lists become notable for the people they exclude rather than those they include...
...worthlessness of a Dean’s List designation where only 8 percent of upperclass students don’t make it—and the uselessness of “scholarships” that involve no money—is manifest. In order to make Harvard’s academic awards more meaningful, the Faculty should eliminate the John Harvard and Harvard College Scholarships...