msmemory_archive: (wellesley lamp)
msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2009-05-12 12:07 pm

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I hope the administrations of other fine and expensive institutions in this region also read this article in today's Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/05/12/the_harvard_disadvantage/
I never even considered frivolities like Junior Year Abroad. Not with parents who considered it a big issue when I asked for a new winter jacket during my freshman year.

[identity profile] jenwrites.livejournal.com 2009-05-12 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
The Wendy Wellesleys, yeah. I remember listening to one say, in her southern drawl, "I might get a job this summer, or maybe I'll just live off of my daddy's money." My jaw just about hit the floor.