College admission reaction videos never fail to make me cry. When I was applying to college, I would watch them surreptitiously in the dark of my bedroom, as if pressing repeat on the shaky glow of my phone screen would will my own acceptance into existence. Even now, it’s cliché, but I find them cathartic—in […]
Harvard students pride themselves on being academically and emotionally intelligent individuals. We are keen to impress and to portray ourselves as the strong, competent leaders we are taught to become. The Harvard atmosphere amplifies the stigmas against crying. With the heightened pressures to live up to the Harvard name, many students feel the need to […]
Over the last several weeks, the Harvard Pakistani Students Association (PSA) has been raising money in response to the record-breaking flooding afflicting millions of Pakistani people and their land. PSA has requested Venmo donations from Harvard students and faculty, seeking financial aid for Pakistani flood victims. In a shared Google Doc, PSA explains they direct […]
There are very few instances in which people will base concrete decisions on abstract ideas. The stock market, the lottery, and following arbitrary cultural trends all exemplify individuals choosing to engage in a system without true proof of its physical existence. Religion trumps them all. A 2020 study by The Crimson showed that approximately one-third […]
Waking up for class is hard. Figuring out what to wear can be even harder. As seasons and times change, styles and looks adapt. Students have a myriad of fits they wear around campus. Across the board, chic comfort is a hot choice for students this fall. Whether hungover, tired, or simply wanting comfort, students […]
Shopping Week was killed by an administration more concerned with Teaching Fellows’ schedules than students, and now students’ schedules are suffering. Last spring, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) voted to end Harvard College’s long-standing flexible week of class registration known as Shopping Week in favor of a far more opaque and restrictive pre-registration […]
As a response to the termination of Shopping Week last May, popular narrative maligns the administration and hyperbolizes the undergraduates’ suffering, leaving the voices of Harvard’s graduate students unheard. Teaching Fellows incur major costs as a result of Shopping Week that cannot be dismissed. TFs aren’t made aware of whether or not they’re employed until […]
Harvard breeds countless courses that students not only struggle to complete, but to even acquire spots to begin with each semester. STEM concentrations are infamous for their course exclusivity: students often must have a specific combination of prerequisites and a dash of luck in the course lottery to gain access to the golden gates of […]
Last year, I wrote an article about how Harvard’s rich abundance of opportunity often went to waste as over 60 percent of its graduates entered the workforce in one of three industries: finance, consulting, and technology. I was frustrated with how the high starting salaries of three industries enthralled so many students to abandon their […]