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During my first year at Harvard I was convinced that the Harvard advising system was the best thing about the system was the best thing about the place. My proctor was my advisor. We chatted each week at a study break and at our weekly Nintendo game. We met formally at least three times each semester. He knew what was up with me and was able to give advice on classes, extracurriculars and life...
Queen said that all of the proctors who arrived at summer school to find no students assigned to their entry-way will have the opportunity to proctor, however...
...proverbial shit didn't hit my fan untilsophomore year, when we happy dormmates split into13 different camps, my courseload began to growunbearably heavy and tedious (you'd be amazed howmuch the Harvard establishment loves its Puritans)and my proctor took off to Connecticut College tobegin what has turned out to be a very successfulstint as an Admissions Dean. Only then did Iexperience the depths of college misery andself-doubt. I had to be more "on my own" before Icould become painfully self-aware and obsessive...
...computer program used to assign summer school students to dormitories has created great discrepancies in the sizes of proctor groups, with groups ranging from 30 students to zero, Dean of Students Christopher C. Queen said yesterday...
Sunday night, students go back to their dormsfor a lengthy and somewhat interesting proctormeeting. Lengthy because the proctor will go overa neverending list of administrative rules.Interesting because this is the first look atintricate-but-oh-so-fascinating dorm relations.Students can entertain themselves during theproctor's "be supportive of each other" speech bystudying the other dorm in habitants and pickingout The Loner, The Social butterfly, The Kid Who'sRumored To Have A Perfect SAT Score But No One'sReally Sure, The Shoulder to Cry On Kid and TheAnnoying as Hell...