Advising
This Is What Talking to Your Advisor Is Like
Great options! If you choose Economics, you’ll probably end up working in consulting. If you choose English, you’ll also work in consulting, but with a firmer grasp of James Joyce.
SEAS Boasts Advising Based On Classwork, Cake, and Nerdy Camaraderie
As the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has almost doubled in undergraduate enrollment since 2008, the rapidly growing school has maintained a firm commitment to intimate, faculty-led advising.
Economics and Government Take Different Tacks on Advising
Students and faculty in the social sciences division—which houses the two largest concentrations, economics and government—point to a divide in the strength of the advising students receive.
Dingman Receives Advising Award
Dean of Freshman Thomas A. Dingman ’67 received the first Freshman Advising Award at the Teaching and Advising Awards Dinner co-hosted by the Undergraduate Council and the Advising Programs Office on Wednesday evening.
Advice for Fort(night) Success
Bliss. Sit back and unwind. Read some Joyce. Bask in the glory of a shelter that’s built to last. It’s required.
Advice for Fort(night) Success
Extreme makeover fort edition. Now it’s time for beautification. A back wall of cozy pillows is mandatory, while additions like scented candles and hot tea exude refinement. And remember: no fort is ever complete without a potted plant.
Advice for Fort(night) Success
Raise the Roof. Roofs are best raised when anchor points are available. In this case, ceiling pipes serve as an excellent resource (Yard Ops would be proud) and lamps are used to maintain the fort’s height and depth. Rubber ducks will keep the party goin’ all night long.
Advice for Fort(night) Success
Collect supplies. Supplies of interest include blankets, pillows, sheets, lamps, duct tape, rubber bands, and rubber ducks.
Advice for Fort(night) Success
Find a desirable fort location. Ideally, the fort will be located near blankets and pillows. Proximity to dining halls is also key: you might decide to live in this puppy and you don’t want to starve in the process.
Advising Fortnight Menu
Advising Fortnight began this evening with a kick-off event in Annenberg. The next two weeks promise a plethora of events catered to (and catered for) freshman eager for wisdom about concentrations (and cupcakes). With pithy, often alliterative, food-oriented titles, the department workshops are aimed to help freshmen gauge their academic interests. Acknowledging the overstimulated and chronically indecisive nature of this generation, Flyby makes the concentration decision easy. Just go for the food.
Advising Fortnight Opens with Annenberg Event
Advising Fortnight began on Monday night with a kickoff event in Annenberg Hall. Representatives from every academic department at Harvard engaged them in conversations regarding their future studies.
Government Department Changes Advising, Course Requirements
Future government concentrators will benefit from a strengthened advising program that will pair faculty members with undergraduates, following a set of reforms unanimously approved by the department faculty last Thursday.
