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Prefrosh: would you like to have some idea of what classes you'll be required to take in the next four years? If you're going by the Harvard viewbook, you may not know that Harvard is undergoing its first curricular overhaul in over 30 years, and you'll be the first class to fall under Harvard's new General Education program. The viewbook's vague and contradictory information follows after the jump...
...page 33, the viewbook reads...
...Life Sci, Ec10, and Justice may beg to differ). Granted, it doesn't sound blatantly wrong. But then why would they mention the Core Curriculum to the class of 2013 when they won't be falling under the Core at all...? If the viewbook is bothering to mention the Core, they are going to explain the transition to Gen Ed right about now--right...
...Athletics play a significant role in the lives of many Harvard students,” boasts the glossy viewbook that the Admissions Office gives to every high school student who passes through Byerly Hall and mails to thousands more across the world. The two-page color spread, spotted with pictures of cheering fans and men and women proudly wearing crimson jerseys, also points out that “more than 1,500 students participate in…athletics…and Harvard has 41 varsity athletic teams, more than any other Division I school in the country...
...initiative has also been absorbed into Harvard’s marketing operation. A postcard with details about the program is included with every copy of the College viewbook mailed out to prospective students, according to admissions officer Christine C. Mortell...