Word: bernsteins
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Social Studies’ reputation is historically rooted in its limited enrollment, its demanding sophomore tutorial, and its strict requirement for a thesis. Director of Undergraduate Studies Anya Bernstein said, “We were designed under the implication that not many students would do this...
Social Studies’ sense of itself as a particularly rigorous academic specialty has nevertheless lived on, a fact of which today’s students are only too aware. Bernstein said, “Social Studies has a cache to it, and some seniors have told me that they didn’t know what to do and they chose Social Studies because of its prestige.” She added, “Social Studies is a major commitment. We reject a few students—a very few—because of their academic record, but it?...
...tactics because it is so difficult to communicate to freshmen what exactly the concentration is, and Social Studies does not have the space for students to dabble and then switch—Social Studies needs, more than any other concentration, for students to get it right the first time. Bernstein said, “The process [of switching concentrations] is painful for students and it is painful for us; I want to stress to freshmen a need for self-reflection, not a need for fear...
...Bernstein said, “Who can blame freshmen for choosing a prestigious concentration in the spring of their first year? It’s a very high-pressured situation, and an easy decision is to follow the prestige...
...student through his four years using the voices of students interspersed with the voices of eminent alumni and faculty. The New York Times reported on March 29 that the show had cost $6,000 to produce and $10,000 to air and included the voices of famed composer Leonard Bernstein ’39, then-Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy ’25 and Kennedy...