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...bite you in the ass. QR 20, “Computers and Computing” is the QR that caters to those with a mind to get rich quick. The class is curved to high heaven, but watch out for the slide back down. This is a class people FAIL; Professor William Bossert feels compelled to confess this on the first day. Oh sure, you’re supposed to learn how to write a computer game (as a final project, after a series of impossible programming problem sets). But at 9 a.m., you won’t be learning...
First, a party trick. Freshmen: walk up to any group of five or more upperclassmen. Ask if any of them has taken Science B-62, “The Human Mind.” Step back and watch. Without fail, at least one of them will go apeshit...
...Harvard’s early admission program—known as “early action”—is non-binding, allowing accepted applicants to wait until May 1 to notify the College whether they will attend. But less privileged students sometimes fail to distinguish between Harvard’s program and binding “early decision” programs offered at other schools. In other instances, students do not apply early because they are not well advised about the logistics of preparing to apply early...
...stay lively. It's because it's too risky not to. Disregard the dark clouds coming over the Divide and you'll get slammed by bad weather. Don't look closely at the droppings in the driveway and you might not realize they belong to a nearby ferocious animal. Fail to notice the morning ice along the creek and you won't order your propane or woodsplitter in time before winter. And that slight movement up on the ridge that you catch in peripheral vision? Depending upon the season, it could either be a rock slide or an avalanche...
...central banker and I choose to invest my reserves more aggressively and I am successful...[most people] will never know what I did,” he said. But if those investments fail due to a weak market, central bankers face “substantial career risk...