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James Davis, a colleague of Wiley’s and head tutor for the Chemistry Department, said he doesn’t “know anymore what to think...
Harvard’s secret is to bombard young minds from every direction. Students are assigned a plethora of advisors to make “escaping” academic life impossible. Sophomore advisers, non-concentration academic advisers, entryway tutors, senior tutors and House Masters are a few of the human resources students encounter upon entering the House system. Dingman says the beauty of this system is that a student who feels uncomfortable with his or her assigned resources, has the option of consulting with another tutor in residence...
...been traveling the country checking out colleges with his two teenage daughters, does not know “of another school where there are so many non-students in residence.” Indeed, the numbers are impressive, particularly when compared to other schools. Quincy House Senior Tutor Maria Trumpler, an experienced administrator who advised at Yale for over 17 years, agrees. While there are 23 tutors living in Quincy House alone, Yale only houses two to four graduate students per college (their equivalent to a House). According to Trumpler, the huge ratio of students to residential tutors leaves Yale...
...Resident tutors become in-house specialists, fielding questions about their area of expertise. Rusty North ’03, for example, applauds the gay tutors in Winthrop House for actively pursuing community formation. “I’m glad we have them here. I consider them my friends. How many schools offer an in-house gay support system?” The varied experience and knowledge tutors offer lead Trumpler to the conclusion that each tutor in residence “is a huge investment Harvard makes. They are wonderful, unique people. I think [they system] works extremely...
Just as proctors can’t connect without some initiative on the part of first-years, tutors often have even more difficulty getting to know undergraduates on a personal level. Dingman notes that students often avoid discussing their academic and social problems with tutors out of a fear that their honesty will preclude sterling recommendation letters in the future. “Students think ‘I won’t look like a sturdy candidate for fellowships later,’” Dingman says. James L. Stillwell ’04 confirms this suspicion...