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...full time. This is not a summer camp," says Pihl. "There are absolutely the same standards [for students in the secondary program and undergraduates]. No distinction is made. No distinction has to be made...
Both high school and undergraduate students receive more support from their proctors than Harvard undergraduates do during the rest of the year, Pihl says. With about 20 students per secondary school proctor and 25 per upperclass proctor, the student advisors are able to help their charges deal with "a pace of life that can be overwhelming," he explains...
...purpose of the Summer School is to meet the needs of outside students by drawing on the resources of the University," says Pihl, the School's director since 1981. "We are not dictating a combination of courses that result in a degree. Rather, our curriculum reflects our aggregate needs...
...Summer School curriculum places more emphasis on "the more practical, applied and worthy" in the summer than during the regular school year, explains Pihl. Economics, for example, is much more quantitative in the summer...
...Pihl says the quality of courses offered at the Summer School, which cost $685 per credit, is comparable to those during the rest of the year. Summer School officials must clear each course offering with the appropriate department chairmen...