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Inertial or not, the lists’ still garner interest. “It’s very exciting as a premed at Harvard to see our school be recognized for its excellence,” said Bianca A. Verma ’10, public relations chair for Harvard Pre-Medical Society...
Inertial or not, the lists’ still garner interest. “It’s very exciting as a premed at Harvard to see our school be recognized for its excellence,” said Bianca A. Verma ’10, public relations chair for Harvard Pre-Medical Society...
...some individual research,” he urged students. “Come check us out.” CLARIFICATION: The April 3 news article "HMS, HBS Keep Top Rankings" did not fully contextualize remarks made by David Mattos '09, president of the Harvard Pre-Medical Society. When he said that "you wouldn't want to go to the 120th-ranked school," Mattos was referring to a perception held by students who rely heavily on the rankings instead of inspecting schools in person. Additionally, the article implied that Mattos had listed Harvard Medical School as his top-choice institution, when...
...eight-member limit for blocking groups—down from 20 under the pre-randomization regime—ensures that one’s group of friends is splintered even before being arbitrarily distributed throughout campus. The “communities” that result, twelve microcosmic Harvards with ethnic ratios comparable to the University as a whole, elevate diversity not only as a principle of social or educational justice but as a fact of quotidian life...
Harvard Houses, however, lack anything distinctively “homey” about them—aside from superficial architectural and geographical disparities, each is an equivalent incubator of diversity. Without the self-perpetuating composition encouraged during the pre-randomization era—freshmen jocks and artists, for example, were undoubtedly attracted to the House with the preponderant population of each—House traditions inexorably fade. Any individual character associated with a House, indeed, will dissipate following the inauguration of each new—and completely random—class of freshmen...