Word: waitlists
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...free, and Hillel and Chabad jointly subsidized the cost of dinner for those not on Harvard’s meal plan. The dinner sold out 10 days in advance, and had a waiting list of over 100 people before the event. According to organizers, everyone who was on the waitlist and came to the dinner was admitted...
...rarefied position among Harvard courses, this year’s Justice class set two new precedents. It became the course with the highest enrollment of all time at the College, and it imposed a cap limiting the class to just over 1,000 students and generating a sizable waitlist. As Harvard’s flagship course, such a cap can and should be avoided in the future...
Looking ahead, however, the format of Justice lectures should allow for infinite expansion at least of the lecture portion of the course. Unlike with a seminar or conference course, allowing students on the waitlist to enroll does not marginally detract from the learning experience of a class already geared for a mass audience. What are 200 more students in a class already formatted for over...
Real participation happens in sections, which will have to grow as well. This year, TFs teaching only one section should be encouraged to take on another in order to pull students off the waitlist. Next year, advanced planning can increase the number of qualified...
...final figures may change in coming weeks depending on waitlist decisions and deferrals. Fitzsimmons said Harvard expects to admit 15 to 20 students off its waitlist this year, nudging the overall yield toward eighty percent...