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...Bernstein says Social Studies keeps a database of potential thesis advisers available to its concentrators...
...Social Studies director Anya Bernstein says she “can’t imagine” that the changes will make a difference. “It’s really hard for me to imagine that a student who would have gotten into Harvard Law School as a magna is now going to be denied as a cum,” she says...
...sure how these changes will affect students’ choices about their academics. Fundamentally, though, the issue seems to be about risk, and how willing Harvard students will be to challenge themselves in the face of higher standards. Potentially, Bernstein says, the new system could discourage students from taking risks in hopes of earning honors. But by the same token, O’Keefe counters, students could feel liberated from expectations because honors will no longer be the norm...
...Bernstein says she encourages students planning to study abroad during their junior spring “to find someone before they leave or look for someone while they’re abroad...
...Government department, because they don’t require students to write a thesis, may not provide the same kind of support,” says Bernstein. “Since we require a thesis, to some extent, the burden is on us to help students find advisers...