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...replaced by a set of distributional requirements and new survey classes, a one-semester delay in the concentration choice deadline, increased emphasis on the sciences and international experiences, as well as a possible switch to a Yale-style housing system that would assign first-years to an upperclass House before entering the College...
Another major proposal—a recommendation that the College consider assigning first-years to upperclass Houses the summer before they enter the College instead of the blocking system at the end of the first year—came from administrators and was not included in any subcommittees’ recommendation, according to committee member Joseph K. Green...
...deter socialization with students in other first-year dorms. Further, while blocking isn’t always smooth, students deserve the chance to decide who their living companions are going to be for the next three years. A better solution to the travails of Yard life is to have upperclass students replace proctors, keeping only one non-undergraduate per dorm around to keep an eye on the yardlings. This would allow older students who understand the ways of the College to do the advising, rather than graduate students who don’t have enough experience navigating the College?...
...Randomization killed House spirit,” disgustedly explains Corker, referring to the blocking group system instituted in 1996. Before that policy change, students were allowed more choice in the upperclass housing assignment process and the Houses were each known for having a particular character...
While some of the report’s recommendations were predictable, a proposal to adopt Yale’s practice of assigning first-year students to upperclass Houses came as a surprise to several involved in the review, including the students...