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Allston Burr Senior Tutor David B. Fithian complimented Kiely's dedication to what he called "the most distinctive of Harvard Houses...
...repeat a grade; last year close to 15% of third-, sixth- and eighth-graders were retained. The city spent $24 million last year on summer programs designed to give kids one last chance to pass the Iowa test before September. It invested $10 million in hiring new teachers to tutor retained students. If test scores are the measure, the stricter policy is working. Math and reading results in the elementary and high school grades are at their highest level in a decade...
...Many seniors are burnt out by the timeCommencement rolls around, even though theywouldn't have expected to be so," says DanaLansky, a pre-law tutor in Cabot House...
...observation is that work experience oftenexposes recent grads to many new careerpossibilities that they prefer to legal careers,"says Pforzheimer House pre-law tutor Kayla Bakshi,who worked in consulting at McKinsey & Co. beforecoming to Harvard for a joint J.D. and M.B.A.program. For those students who have a vagueinterest in the law, deferring law school orwaiting to apply gives them time to get anon-the-job idea of whether or not they really wantto be lawyers. The time just after collegegraduation "is also a great time to find out moreabout the legal profession and see if it is reallywhat...
Eliot House Resident Scholar Nicky Sheats, a long-time resident tutor who helped write last year's letter, said his informal discussions with black students living in Eliot House suggest this is the case, and he hopes the College will continue to evaluate the effects of randomization policy...