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...found myself more willing to gripe about the wireless than to walk the five minutes to the Science Center to pick up a hub. I stressed about picking my classes without the aid of my.harvard.edu, until I took my hard copy of the Courses of Instruction and the CUE guide out of the fireplace, where I was using them for kindling. And whining about how hard it would be to get in touch with my whole blocking group at once seemed ridiculous once I remembered that the convenience of email is really no better than using my red phone (free...
...most important foundational courses, while letting some of its best instructors slip away.Take Economics 1010b, the intermediate macroeconomic theory course required of all economics concentrators who lack a background in multivariable calculus. Four years ago, the course registered a mediocre 3.2 out of five in the CUE guide, and three years ago it notched a 3.3. While not terrible, these ratings should have signaled a pressing need for change. Indeed it did—Harvard assigned a different professor to the job, resulting in an even less impressive 2.7 for the course. Now, after three years...
Taking Harvard’s cue, Princeton University announced today that it will end its early admissions program and move to a single spring application deadline...
...gets students more excited about his dense subject matter. Life Sciences 1b is still interesting, but not as innovative as its fall counterpart. It’s important to keep in mind that the professors in 1b didn’t have a semester’s worth of CUE evaluations to turn the class around as the 1a staff did. After incorporating student feedback, 1a became markedly more interesting in the Spring. Thus, there’s no telling what a year at the drawing board will yield for 1b. Considering that they’re above average...
...courses will offer you a watered-down version of a discipline whose department you barely knew existed: linguistics, archaeology, anthropology, public health, et al. Readings can range from dull-as-dust political science graphs to fascinating social theory that will change the way you look at life. Take a cue from uber-popular psychology professor Tal Ben-Shahar and look at this Core from a positive perspective: you get to gab about how society works and, worst case scenario, you’re stuck in a boring but easy class. Could be worse. (Ahem…Moral Reasoning...