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...multitude of disciplines exists, making it necessary for students to select only a few specific areas for study in greater depth. The diversity of experiences offered makes it exceptionally difficult to develop a test or even a set of tests that are general enough to apply to all students?? college experiences while at the same time not so elementary as to be pointless.And none of this, of course, recognizes the fact that much of the value associated with the college experience falls outside of the academic realm. Thus, even if a standardized test could be administered to gauge...
...part of their education.“It’s a growth industry. We’ve probably had an increase in numbers over the past 10 years,” she says. Lewis says she cannot give exact figures because the admissions office does not place homeschooled students?? applications into separate categories.Despite this increase in the number of applicants, Lewis says Harvard usually only accepts between three and eight homeschooled students each year, a number significantly lower than this year’s overall acceptance rate of 9.3 percent. Nancy Faust Sizer, a lecturer...
Runners in today’s Boston Marathon—including a group of about 90 Harvard students??will help public health officials test a new way of responding to earthquakes and terrorist attacks. All participants will wear bar-coded bibs, which will allow event organizers to track injuries and hospitalizations, thanks to a grant from the federal Department of Health and Human Services. Aleksei Boiko ’06 will be among the Harvard students running the marathon today. “I’m extremely concerned about injury, as I’m already nursing...
...editorial stated that the Undergraduate Council should abandon a plan for a student poll on Summers’ leadership; on Feb. 21, the news section fronted a story about a poll our reporters had conducted on students?? views of Summers...
...such conceited types. On a basic level, it is hardly a shock to learn that proctors are, and reportedly have been for centuries, monitoring their entryways. Among the variety of tasks assigned to them—from invigilating exams to providing academic advice—keeping an eye on students?? well-being is naturally a high priority. But, as well as filling in a once-a-term evaluation, proctors have been told to relay both their gratitude and angst to the admissions office for admitting both their “favorite” students and those labeled...