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...sophomores were admitted into the nascent Social Studies program, an honors-only, interdisciplinary concentration that prided itself on, among many things, the selectivity of its students. Forty-seven years later, Social Studies’ sophomore class has expanded to 144 students, yet this idea of selectivity??of Social Studies as “the Harvard of concentrations,” as one freshman called it—has persisted...
...even if a slightly higher score in “cereal selectivity?? helps Harvard inch past Princeton in next year’s U.S. News rankings, what is significant about this decision is HUDS’ suspiciously self-serving motivations. The official line is that these organic and generic cereals replaced their brand-name counterparts because students requested expanded organic options in HUDS surveys. HUDS also points out that the new cereals are healthier, too. All fine justifications—if only they really accounted for HUDS’ decision, but closer examination suggests otherwise...
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