Word: alaskans
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...Pananen and Costello represent opposite poles of Alaskan students' experiences at Harvard, there are some things which almost all of them seem to agree upon...
...from America's largest and least settled state--Alaska--where it is dark for as many as 20 hours a day in the winter and where temperatures drop as low as 60 degrees below zero. Pananen and Thompson are not alone at Harvard. They are two of the 13 Alaskans currently enrolled at the College. Migrating from towns such as North Pole and Copper Center, these students travel nearly 4000 miles to come to school. None of the 13 agrees exactly what it means to be an Alaskan at Harvard, but most are in accord about one thing...
...Alaskan students also share a common academic problem. Their home state's schools rarely offer good language programs, making it difficult for Alaskans to fulfill Harvard's language requirement...
Merriner recommended that future Alaskan students avoid "mainstream" languages like French or Spanish altogether...
...more mundane, but nonetheless significant concern for Alaskan students is the cost of their Harvard education. The Alaskan economy is inflated beyond that of any other state, a consequence of which is the state's notoriously high cost of living. As Merriner explains, "Because the economy is really expensive, [my parent's] salary is inflated, which makes it hard to get financial...