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Apart from interactions in counseling services and extracurriculars, the Prefect Program is the only formal structure through which freshmen have regular access to upperclassmen. But Dingman says the prefects have been constrained by the rules of the program, and have not been able to realize their full potential as advisers...
...think freshmen benefit from advice from several different sources,” Gross writes in an e-mail. “Their proctors can give them invaluable advice on adjusting to college, dealing with roommates, staying healthy and getting enough sleep, etc. Upperclassmen can give advice on specific courses and on extracurricular life. And the faculty is the right source for advice on academic matters, especially on the choice of a concentration...
Gross once said that freshman life in the Yard is like being surrounded by a “moat,” a metaphor that indicates the physical and psychological separation between freshmen and upperclassmen...
Dingman says any changes in the undergraduate housing system, or moves toward peer-to-peer advising, would be executed so freshmen could enjoy “more meaningful interaction with upperclassmen...
Changes to the fall orientation week for freshmen are geared toward fostering greater interaction between incoming students and upperclassmen while also building relationships among the freshmen...