Word: career
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shows a slight increase in business interests over the past few classes, Lewis said. About 17 per cent of the class is pre-med, and about 15 per cent is pre-law, she added. Nearly 35 per cent of the class has not yet decided on a career...
Enjoy the attention. It'll never happen like this again. And don't let anyone rope you into working or comping (a fancy word for competing, or trying out) for 100 different groups if you don't want to. There's a chance much of your undergraduate career will center on some organization, but you'll have to find out about academics here before you'll know exactly what you can handle. At Harvard, it really is impossible to be head of the Student Assembly, the Advocate and the orchestra and still maintain straight...
...rank, that is, don't tell anyone where you're from, what your SAT scores were, or what you think you'll major in. Stay in your room a lot. One warning, though: if you really go for this technique, it will color the rest of your Harvard career. If you start off paranoid, shy, or easily offended by your classmates, you might stay that way. In a few years everyone else will, too, so why not get a head start...
Glen W. Bowersock '57, associate dean of the Faculty for undergraduate education, is a classics scholar and an extremely able, accessible administrator. If you're totally confused or bewildered about your academic career and can frame coherent questions, a trip to his office might prove valuable...
...burned to cover the odor of dope) and the stench of old beer permeated the dorm. Music blared from every corner of the Yard, while huge groups of drunken men huddled and leered at women going from party to party. I got asked the big four questions--name, school, career plans, SAT scores--so often I could recite them in seconds (although I refused, as a matter of principle, to talk scores). After one night of parties, I'd had enough. I didn't want to meet any more people out to prove to me that they deserved...