Word: huang
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...undergrads are sold on the concept. Jessica Huang ’04, who transferred from Cornell, remembers “feeling overwhelmed by the plethora of advisors and titles during orientation. Sometimes, it was difficult to discern whom I should see for what,” she says. Paul R. Berman ’04, currently taking a leave of absence, still wonders about his non-concentration academic adviser. “What does that title mean?” he asks. Berman met with his non-concentration academic adviser once at the beginning of the semester...
...people. We think the better of those who use the resources at Harvard. Students do not understand our expectations about advising out of this sense that they should have it all figured out.” Harvard’s tremendous resources are too often accompanied by missed opportunities. Huang agrees that advising is something students don’t pursue enough. “The resources exist; the questions is how to take best advantage of them. Students simply need to be persistent in seeking advice...
Prior to transferring from Cornell, Huang felt Harvard’s smaller student body would encourage a more “intimate advising system,” but she has found the advising system “to be every bit as impersonal.” As a concentrator in economics—one of Harvard’s largest departments—Huang has learned to depend on word-of-mouth, friends and upperclass students. This get-it-yourself attitude stems from her advising at Cornell. “I was assigned a faculty and a student advisor...
...Harvard women’s black belt A-team, comprised of Jeanie C. Yoon ’02, Chang and Wellesley student Charity Maclay, placed first in sparring. The Harvard men’s color belt B-team, including William J. Wright ’03, Calvin K. Huang ’02 and Manoj Ramachandran ’04 placed second...
...approved as far as the people who attended the meeting were concerned,” says Yunte Huang, a commitee member and an assistant professor of English and American Language and Literature. But the committee’s composition has changed since the approval, and the proposal must be reviewed and discussed once again...