Word: extracurricular
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...We’ve wanted to ensure that we’re creating the best first year for our students that we can,” Dingman says. “So, we’re paying attention to all aspects of it: academic, social, and extracurricular.”Though the FDO should play a key role in enhancing first-year social life, Dingman says, student involvement through the FSYC will also be central to the effort.“That’s really where the best planning comes from,” Dingman says...
...good mascot can bring to the school. I suggest that we, the students of Harvard College, follow the example of the boys of 1875 and hold a plebiscite to choose a mascot to replace John Harvard. At a school like ours, where individual ambition and competition for grades and extracurricular achievement are dominant forces, a mascot who symbolizes the unity of the College will be a tremendous asset. A powerful mascot will be a tangible object of affection for all students, as it will embody the grandeur of Harvard and call attention to the solidarity of the student body...
Even though I envy those with the feeling of having a “home away from home” I feel anything but resentment toward Harvard’s cultural organizations. In fact, these groups are the lifeblood of Harvard’s academic, extracurricular, and (especially) social life. But the truth is this: students who feel no cultural ties still search for a club that will embrace them not for what they do, but for who they...
...fact, possible to be ambitious, become involved in a variety of different extracurricular and academic pursuits, and still set your priorities straight. It will not make you less successful to hang out with friends. In fact, having some down time will probably make you more efficient...
...stops away, but it makes sense in some strange way. Boston’s colonial appeal takes a back seat to New York’s modern-day sophistication for the very reason that the fast paced life in the Big Apple mimics the constant onslaught of homework and extracurricular meetings. Nevertheless, too often, students descend on New York without considering the alternatives...