Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...People who have one foot in one extracurricular and are also committed to another just provide that bridge of communication," Lee said...
...race discussions and panels on campus, there has been a lot of talk about why it is that some organizations seemingly have a majority of a certain ethnicity of students and do not seem to represent the diversity of students on campus. The question is whether there is extracurricular segregation and, if so, what the cause is of this phenomenon...
Emily Yu-Chi Yang '01 is a government and East Asian Studies concentrator in Pennypacker Hall. A panel discussion on extracurricular segregation at Harvard, co-sponsored by various student organizations, will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in Emerson...
...many of the nation's and the world's best students. This demand has been in evidence since Harvard's Early Action Program began in the 1970s and has accelerated over the past decade. More top students are ready to apply to college earlier, having developed their academic and extracurricular talents more intensively than students of previous generations. While there are some students who profit from a more leisurely pace and begin to realize their potential only during the college years or well beyond, the average student applying to Harvard and Radcliffe today is more advanced academically and extracurricularly...
Students admitted early here (and presumably at other institutions as well) also appreciate the chance to overcome the normal anxieties of the college admissions process by securing an early admission. Learning for its own sake without worrying as much about grades, delving into extracurricular activities (including new ones) with even greater enthusiasm, the chance to explore possible careers, and other interests all seem enhanced once students are beyond the college admissions pressure. Applicants admitted early almost always continue to work hard and successfully (with no more than the normal small number of year-end declines) and often note that they...