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...doesn't have to be that way, if recent history is any indicator. Within the past year, more than half a dozen current and prospective intrepid science concentrators--some in biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physics, to name a few--have taken the plunge and decided to comp Crimson news. Science concentrators, it seems, have suddenly realized (as this biology concentrator has) that it's possible to become really involved at The Crimson and still get into medical or graduate school...
...change? The time commitment is still the same. But this year, we've tried to solve the problem of generating interest. Most of those science concentrators who have joined us have done so through The Crimson's new science comp...
Face it: we're all competitors at heart, or we would never have come here in the first place. We respond not by finding serenity, but by turning things up a notch. Even the lingo reflects it: we don't join an organization, we "comp...
...summer internship game may be one of the greatest examples of this comp-culture mentality. I seem to recall that summer once had the word "vacation" attached to it; these days, rather than "summer break," it should probably be called "intersession career enhancement opportunity." Whereas in our days of innocence we went off to summer camp to learn songs and games or even just stayed home to relax, now we hustle for the privilege of making photo-copies for important people...
...endeavor was less than a success. The representatives I talked to rolled their eyes and told me I was the millionth sophomore to ask about summer jobs. Comp culture had struck again: we all wanted to be the first ones into the boardroom, even if it was only to sweep the floor. In any case, most of the companies had no formal programs (translation: come back in two years, kid). If I really tried--tracked down recruiters, wrote a hundred resumes, grovelled and begged--I might be able to find something. Is it really worth it to kill myself...