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Mingwei is the first to admit that “Western academics” might be skeptical of his project. But for him, it’s the very invisibility of seers in the academic world that justifies the project to begin with. While pursuing his MFA at Yale, Mingwei was surprised to meet two professors—one of math, the other of statistics—who were also excellent tarot card readers. “They would never come out and say it,” he says, “because there’s something against...
...still see, and admit, candidates with highly developed extracurricular talents and interests,” she says...
...confused by Rohit Chopra ’04 (Op-ed, Oct. 16) on our preregistration system. He describes it as a battle, with students waking before dawn to prep for war. As someone who has preregistered for classes since the fall of 1999, I must admit that my battle gear is still in storage at home in New Jersey...
...admissions office refers to this group as the “Z-list,” and there are approximately 20 Z-listed students per year. What the Z-list does is enable the admissions office to admit students whose credentials coming out of high school are not quite up to snuff. Because Harvard considers taking a year off to be beneficial, it follows that these 20 students, having spent a year studying or traveling, will as a result have somewhat more impressive curricula vitae when they enter school than otherwise...
...practice of annually making 20 people take a year off is rather peculiar, and immediately raises several questions, among which are: what is so special about Z-listed students? Why not instead just admit 20 more students every year who are qualified to enter immediately...