Monday, December 24, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
much faster pass the years by
Sadly none of my fellow blog-mates kept up the blogging during college, which is what all this was intended for.
Latest Harvard news: Harvard extends financial aid to families making up to $180,000. From $60K to $120K families will pay up to 10% of their yearly income in tuition, then 10% up to 180K. Tuition will remain free for families making under 60 grand a year. Of course, as does any story involving Harvard College, it makes the top-emailed article from the NYT website.
Oh Harvard, of course you were the most affordable college for me to attend. Thank you...
Some people criticized the move, saying it would free up income for families to buy extra SUV's or down payments on summer homes. Really? I haven't explored the median income of Harvard families, or even what constitutes "high-income" anymore these days, nor am I sure that SUV's are the first place that liberal suburbanites would look-- I mean, aren't they the most educated about global warming?
But I digress. The NYT article did raise an interesting point: more affluent Harvard students can afford to take unpaid internships with professors since mom and dad will cover your housing for the semester. But when I went to the Center for Public Interest Careers info session, housing is only covered by one of their summer programs (and in NYC, $3500 as a stipend....) Plus the length of the program makes it impossible to get a summer job after it ends, and doesn't seem as thought you could get a part-time job during the internship either.
So, what if I wanted to do another one of their programs?
Well, they give you a flier on housing "resources". But a staff member told me that generally what happens to students not in the NYC program is that they take internships in places where they have family members or can commute from home.
In light of things like this, the job as secretary for the Harvard Summer School Program ($11/hr, free room and board) looks like a piece of cake. But what do you learn how to do? File stuff, answer phones, and make labels for the important people, the people that your more affluent peers are learning how to be like.
Bitches.
Sometimes, I seriously think I am going to end up as the world's best administrative assistant. I'll be known as the "Harvard" secretary, and my diploma will be up on the wall in my cubicle. I'll supplement my paycheck from the office by selling vegan treats in the break room, until my boss nags me to start my own business with the things. But, since I never went to Harvard Business, I won't know how to have a profit margin, I tell him, and I'm afraid to lose an initial investment.
So I continue selling cupcakes and expanding waistlines till my retirement.
Sounds like a plan...
Latest Harvard news: Harvard extends financial aid to families making up to $180,000. From $60K to $120K families will pay up to 10% of their yearly income in tuition, then 10% up to 180K. Tuition will remain free for families making under 60 grand a year. Of course, as does any story involving Harvard College, it makes the top-emailed article from the NYT website.
Oh Harvard, of course you were the most affordable college for me to attend. Thank you...
Some people criticized the move, saying it would free up income for families to buy extra SUV's or down payments on summer homes. Really? I haven't explored the median income of Harvard families, or even what constitutes "high-income" anymore these days, nor am I sure that SUV's are the first place that liberal suburbanites would look-- I mean, aren't they the most educated about global warming?
But I digress. The NYT article did raise an interesting point: more affluent Harvard students can afford to take unpaid internships with professors since mom and dad will cover your housing for the semester. But when I went to the Center for Public Interest Careers info session, housing is only covered by one of their summer programs (and in NYC, $3500 as a stipend....) Plus the length of the program makes it impossible to get a summer job after it ends, and doesn't seem as thought you could get a part-time job during the internship either.
So, what if I wanted to do another one of their programs?
Well, they give you a flier on housing "resources". But a staff member told me that generally what happens to students not in the NYC program is that they take internships in places where they have family members or can commute from home.
In light of things like this, the job as secretary for the Harvard Summer School Program ($11/hr, free room and board) looks like a piece of cake. But what do you learn how to do? File stuff, answer phones, and make labels for the important people, the people that your more affluent peers are learning how to be like.
Bitches.
Sometimes, I seriously think I am going to end up as the world's best administrative assistant. I'll be known as the "Harvard" secretary, and my diploma will be up on the wall in my cubicle. I'll supplement my paycheck from the office by selling vegan treats in the break room, until my boss nags me to start my own business with the things. But, since I never went to Harvard Business, I won't know how to have a profit margin, I tell him, and I'm afraid to lose an initial investment.
So I continue selling cupcakes and expanding waistlines till my retirement.
Sounds like a plan...
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