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...take exception to the op-ed “Oxford Blues?? (Feb. 26) by Melissa Dell and Swati Mylavarapu. It reflects certain misunderstandings harbored by a small percentage of American post-graduates at Oxford (or Cambridge, or frankly at any other European University). It is regrettable if it misleads or discourages the vast majority of Americans whose experiences in Oxford are superb, and who have expectations equally high but more realistic...
...authors of “Oxford Blues?? (oped, Feb. 26) lament the fact that Oxford is not Harvard, but to me that contrast is one of Oxford’s key selling points. I loved my time at Harvard, and I also had a wonderful time at Oxford, but the two experiences could not have been more different. At Harvard, I was an over-scheduled joint concentrator, varsity athlete and extracurricular participant. My days would start with a 9 a.m. class and end with an 11 p.m. club meeting, with classes, sports practice, and a lunch meeting...
...authors of “Oxford Blues?? are right when they advise Harvard juniors to think before applying to the Rhodes—but don’t do so because you mistakenly believe, based on the tone and one-sidedness of that article, that Cantabs are too good for another country or another university. Do it because you acknowledge that Oxford and the Rhodes are a great match for many, but another option might be a better match...
...this leads up to the other key problem with “Blue State Blues??—Slavitt doesn’t even come close to earning the right to say he “challenges the status quo” of his new profession...
...pretty good, but when you play the trumpet, you quickly learn that the masterworks of Western music are not for the trumpet.” Monson soon found that her instrument had a wider range in other forms of music. Hearing Charlie Parker play his ‘Funky Blues?? was a transformative moment. She recalls, “I was captivated with it. I was intrigued by improvisation, yet nothing in my classical training had given me any idea whether I could do that.” Monson pursued jazz trumpet at the New England Conservatory...