Word: cutthroats
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Without the cutthroat competition for the best students between schools, fostered by the U.S. News & World Report rankings, there would be less direct pressure for colleges to improve undergraduate education and college life. In a world without competition, colleges could all provide the same crummy undergraduate experience, and students would be stuck without a better option...
...it’s not always so clear how much—or how little—we think of our fellow classmates. And so we amass acquaintances at Harvard, thanks to a combination of tolerance, ambition and Cambridge-specific social demands. In an effort to survive in this cutthroat atmosphere, we keep our friends close but our enemies closer. Rumor has it that Harvard students get a lot nicer and a lot more tolerable once they graduate. Go figure—removed from this academically and socially competitive environment, we discover how lonely and miserable it is when...
...play socialites. We don floppy hats and seersucker suits and sip bloody marys in the garden of the Fly, mimicking the day when the country club lawn will be larger and the guest list more exclusive. Some of us play CEOs. We run our extracurriculars like corporations, fueling cutthroat competition and politicking, priming ourselves for the Forbes 500 with a premature sense of self-importance. Some of us play politicians. We hobnob at the Institute of Politics and recruit our friends to manage our bids for the Undergraduate Council, imagining some not so distant future when our names will grace...
...always had a creative and reflective side which was at first difficult to reconcile with the Darwinian, cutthroat atmosphere of an investment bank,” he says...
...found at a music conservatory. Among the small number of music concentrators, there is a fair proportion of joint concentrators who attempt to take advantage of everything Harvard has to offer. Many conservatories are known not only for their rigorous programs but also for their stifling environments and cutthroat competition. When students are required to play in orchestras and chamber groups, the attitude can be far more resentful than the enthusiasm generated by Harvard’s “amateur” groups. As Levin said, “There is no connection between the number of [music] concentrators...