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...glad to see that the College has not forgotten about Haiti and that HUDS has decided to prepare Haitian-inspired cuisine for the students,” said David D. Hutchinson ’12, former president of the Harvard Haitian Alliance. “It is also heartening to know that the House Committees will be doing fundraising as well...
...Harvard prides itself on a vast and generous financial aid program. According to Harvard College’s Financial Aid Office, Harvard “[awards] a record-breaking $145 million in need-based scholarship assistance to almost 60 percent of our students.” Sounds pretty good, right? An all-encompassing financial aid package awarded to every student who demonstrates financial need. Wrong. Like many other exalted institutions, Harvard only offers the illusion of financial security. In fact, Harvard is discriminating against the most vulnerable members of its community: The mentally...
...While Harvard has an unprecedented financial aid program that has allowed many students to flourish, Harvard oppresses the mentally ill who are characterized by a lower socioeconomic status...
Being mentally ill makes it very difficult to excel in the United States, and Harvard is no exception. When a student enters Harvard with a mental disability, he or she is required to submit documentation to prove their illness. While some colleges will accept several forms of documentation, Harvard requires the student to present evidence of a neuropsychological examination from a neuropsychologist with a Ph.D. Nothing else is acceptable, not even documentation from a treating psychiatrist (M.D.) that states the illness and lays out the issues that require that a student receive various educational supports...
...While Harvard may offer the financial aid for students to step foot in their dorms, Harvard does not offer that same support to students with mental disabilities. That is to say, Harvard does not support its students in the financial sense because Harvard requires its students to submit expensive and unreasonable evidence to “prove” their mental illness so the student can receive reasonable accommodations...