Exams
Advancing Advanced Placement
According to a recent report released by the College Board on February 11, 2014, the number of high school students taking Advanced Placement Exams has been consistently increasing over the past 10 years.
Committee Refines Honor Board Language as Proposal Moves Forward
Members of the Academic Integrity Committee are in the process of refining the language of a draft proposal for a student-faculty judiciary board that would hear academic dishonesty cases included as a part of what would be the College’s first honor code.
Start Counting Down The Days!: Final Exam Schedule Posted
Feeling frustrated with school and snow and want to start counting down the days until your semester is over? Well, now you can! Check out the final exam schedule and look forward to post-exam freedom!
Three Weeks After Hearing, Bomb-Threat Suspect Still Awaits Formal Indictment
Eldo Kim ’16 was released from federal custody on Dec. 18, but the Harvard sophomore continues to await a formal grand jury indictment.
In Annenberg
Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris addresses evacuated students in Annenberg Hall Monday morning after unconfirmed reports of explosives in four campus buildings.
7 Ways to Celebrate the End of Finals
The end is near, hear hear! Times may seem dismal, but soon enough the worst of these cold, dark days will be over. Instead of throwing up your arms and going HAM because YOLO—let's be real, that's been done—here are some more creative ways to celebrate the end of these endless days:
On the Seventh Day of Reading Period...
On the seventh day of reading period, Flyby gave to me seven finals study songs.
How to Prepare for Primal Scream
It’s time to get your act together and prepare to show Harvard the goods.
On the Fifth Day of Reading Period...
On the fifth day of reading period, Flyby gave to me five tips to help finish a final paper in one night.
On the Fourth Day of Reading Period...
On the fourth day of reading period, Flyby gave to me four last minute ways to study for finals.
On the Third Day of Reading Period...
On the third day of reading period, Flyby gave to me three trailers of movies you can look forward to seeing after finals are over.
Reading Period: Expectations vs. Reality
You may have hopes of studying efficiently, eating well, exercising frequently and not going insane, but we all know that as soon as you click on that first Buzzfeed list, things go downhill and before you know it four hours and all hopes of a productive day fall to the wayside (don't worry, you're probably going to get an A anyway). Flyby has come up with two reading period pie charts detailing the expectations vs. realities of reading period.
6 Actual Study Strategies for the Average Student
As midterm season gets underway, students are once again searching for that perfect study strategy. You might be wondering, how can I most efficiently learn (read: cram) all of the required material without becoming a Lamonster or Widener Worm?
Flicks To See After Finals
Whether you're looking to relive the days of Prohibition or want to jet off on the USS Enterprise, summer movie season is here to satisfy your cinematic needs.
Students Shed Clothing, Reading Period
As the clock struck midnight, shouts rang out across Harvard Yard. Despite exams to come in nine hours, students bared it all in the spring incarnation of an age-old, clothing-optional tradition: Primal Scream.
Faculty Approves Changes to Reading and Examination Periods
A proposal that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences approved at their monthly meeting on Tuesday will restructure reading and exam periods starting in 2014.
Take a Break! DIY Edition
It's a classic dilemma: You've finally turned in that take-home exam and you sense that the occasion calls for a celebration, but all your blockmates are busy and the trek to Berryline seems daunting. Before you turn to the time-honored solution of logging into Netflix, Flyby has a few suggestions for celebrating in a more functional way—here are beautiful, alternative creations that you can make yourself.
It's a Beautiful Day... To Study?
Visitors making their way through Harvard's campus over the last few days have witnessed the full extent of Harvard's beauty. Some might think it's commonplace for students to cheerfully bask in the warmth. Little do they know of the dreary grey pall that seems to envelop Cambridge from November to March.
What Would Oprah Do?
Oprah is heading to Harvard Yard on May 30 to impart words of wisdom to the class of 2013. In the meantime, FM looks to Oprah’s Twitter for advice to solve our day-to-day problems.
Professors Schedule Midterms on Housing Day
Sociology 43: “Social Interaction” is a course that examines social activities and group dynamics. Yet when students across campus come together this Thursday for one of the College’s biggest days for House spirit—Housing Day—students in the course will be getting ready to take a midterm exam at 11:30 a.m.
Building Memorial Church, Swamping a Celebrity, Resisting HUAC
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.