Word: abroader
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...torrent of tests, reading and papers at Harvard was reduced to a more manageable stream abroad, it may well have been because of a natural shift away from the classroom for students who studied abroad...
David W. Lerch '99, an Environmental Science and Public Policy concentrator, stressed that time abroad is particu- larly important for students in certainconcentrations. The rainforests that Lerch studiedin Australia could not be replicated in Harvardlabs...
...noted that,while he might have liked to stay in Amsterdam fora full year, the demands of his concentration madethat impossible. At the same time, however, Trent,was quick to add that his department was verysupportive of his program of study and granted himthree concentration credits for his time abroad...
Those students who used their Advanced Standingstatus as a means to go abroad, instead ofpetitioning for credit, felt that it relieved muchof the pressure of staying on track in theiracademic careers...
Beyond concerns about fulfilling academicrequirements, many students, it seems, feel thatapplying for credit through OCS means entering atunnel of horrors from which few emerge unscathed.While many students lambast the University'slarger commitment to sending students abroad, mostwere generous in their praise for the staff atOCS...