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...first possible day, filling the cap of 65,000 more than two times over. Those lucky enough to have submitted an application will be entered in a lottery. But everyone else—including thousands of college seniors across the country who have yet to complete their graduation requirements??will be sent home to reapply next year.This is a misguided policy because high-skill immigrants and guest workers contribute tremendously to our economy. For instance, one-third of Microsoft’s domestic employees are foreigners. And a 2004 study revealed that more American-born Intel Science finalists...
...know the specifics of concentrations outside their department. This will create a system where students who are unfortunate enough to get a mediocre advisor will fall through the cracks. House tutors will be necessary for less important logistical matters—signing study cards and checking core requirements??but they will not solve the problem of providing quality advising...
...proposed overhaul of the College’s Core curriculum released last week has already mollified several outspoken Faculty critics of the four-year-old attempt to update Harvard’s general education requirements??and professors said the plan stands a strong chance of gaining the full Faculty’s approval in the coming months...
...there’s always room in economics. Artsy-types-looking-for-interesting-ways-to-fulfill-a-Core: Stay away, for your own good.Chemistry concentrators run the gamut from future Ph.Ds to future investment bankers to future tree huggers.Once you’ve hurdled the initial requirements??intro chem, intro bio, intro math, intro physics, intro blah blah boring Science Center lecture course blah blah, and, finally, organic chemistry—you can meet the concentration requirements with as few as four more courses, leaving you plenty of electives.The first two years are usually spent getting...
...advice. Trust me: you don’t want to tackle the nature of existence before you can write a decent essay. To help you write that perfect paper, you’ll be assigned to a faculty member (not a TF) for advising, and despite the lax course requirements??12 courses for the elective track, 13 for honors—you’ll probably need all the help you can get, at first anyway. Along with its “light” course load, Philosophy is famous for Professor Alison Simmons (who is very active...