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...averaged 570 in SAT math, while students with family incomes below $20,000 had an average score of 456. A commission of prominent college admissions figures—headed by Harvard’s own dean of admissions and financial aid, William R. Fitzsimmons ’67??has finally challenged the status quo with a year-long study that came to a not-so-startling conclusion: The SAT is not the best gauge of college-readiness.Steve Syverson, commission member and vice president for enrollment at Lawrence University, already made standardized tests optional at his institution several years...
...thing that they felt they lacked was an outlet for general reflection; more specifically, a venue to examine how their morals and ideals fit into their lives at Harvard. Light has now taken his findings and—along with Dean of Freshman Thomas Dingman ’67??spearheaded the introduction of freshman discussion panels. In these small groups, first-year students can talk in an intimate setting about issues that stretch beyond academics. Of course, these panels will not immediately absolve any students from their problems, or give concrete answers to such questions...
...this summer, Faust put on a barbeque in Harvard Yard and invited the entire University. In September, she glad-handed with undergraduates and pretended to enjoy herself at Camp Harvard. And last month, Faust gave us all a taste of that warm, fuzzy feeling that bludgeons ’67??s desired discontent, when she appointed a Task Force on the Arts to talk about all sorts of mushy-gushy feel-good nonsense, like creativity and performance and happiness...
...headbands to the fans. Seven students decked out in Harvard attire took the stage to compete for the title of “Most Spirited Fan.” The aspiring fans were first asked Harvard-related questions by Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67??who was sporting out a “Go Crimson” headband—and mathematics professor Benedict H. Gross ’71, the former dean of the College. The top four contestants were asked “Miss America”-style questions, then were each...
...cellist Jessica J. Wang ’08. By the end of the evening, it was the audience who was lifting their hands in applause for the orchestra’s outstanding performance of Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67?? and Holst’s “The Planets.” The evening began with the familiar sound of Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5,” which first premiered in Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 1808?...