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Harvard’s admissions rate was a slim 11 percent last year, second only to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy among schools on The Atlantic list...
...stressed-out Harvard students, efficiency is key. Everyone wants to accumulate the greatest quantity of fun possible while taking minimal time out of busy schedules, and minimal money out of slim wallets. Thanks to one of the little known perks of $40,000 in fees, Harvard students can find themselves skimming along the Charles River free of charge, after one half-hour lesson—although more time may be required for the “really uncoordinated,” according to a member of the Weld Boathouse staff...
When this kind of selection process is replicated for 4000 other students (it is safe to bet that a slim minority masochistically challenge themselves in their Core selections), something else happens: the Core becomes ludicrously easy. For most Harvard kids, their Core selections represent the path of least resistance. I have no inclination to take Math 1a, and certainly not Math 21a, because I can always take “The Magic of Numbers.” Likewise, someone uninterested in philosophy would not fulfill their Moral Reasoning requirement by taking Philosophy 168: “Kant?...
What should investors do in the meantime? "Stay the course," advises Spitzer, whose own family fortune rests in real estate. "The marginal cost to any one shareholder is slim." In the end, says Morningstar's Kapoor, you should invest in a fund company you trust. Find one, he says, that emphasizes "stewardship over salesmanship," that puts long-term shareholders first by keeping expenses low, that closes small-cap funds once they get large and that refuses to roll out gimmicky funds in hot sectors...
...Aztecs had a .473 hitting percentage and were led by middle blocker Aspen McPartland, who hit an intimidating .591. The Aztecs held Harvard’s hitting to a slim .102. Senior outside hitter Nathalie Miller posted a double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs for the Crimson...