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...Social Studies?? reputation is historically rooted in its limited enrollment, its demanding sophomore tutorial, and its strict requirement for a thesis. Director of Undergraduate Studies Anya Bernstein said, “We were designed under the implication that not many students would do this...
...Social Studies?? sense of itself as a particularly rigorous academic specialty has nevertheless lived on, a fact of which today’s students are only too aware. Bernstein said, “Social Studies has a cache to it, and some seniors have told me that they didn’t know what to do and they chose Social Studies because of its prestige.” She added, “Social Studies is a major commitment. We reject a few students—a very few—because of their academic record, but it?...
...James M. Larkin ’10, who is a Crimson editorial editor, said, “The Advising Fortnight events put the fear of God in us when the conversation turned to acceptance rates. It was made to seem difficult to satisfy Social Studies?? stringent guidelines...
...happy Social Studies concentrator myself, I was disheartened both to see Social Studies?? presentation in person and to hear about separate and repeated incidents of freshmen receiving a negative message from the concentration...
Because of the nature of Harvard life, Social Studies?? negative message does not push freshmen toward finding their inner-academic interests, but rather it instantiates Social Studies?? prestigious image as the “Harvard of concentrations” and fascinates students for the wrong reasons...