Questions Just for Harvard Students
1. Please comment on your most positive academic experience.
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2. Please comment on your most negative (or disappointing) academic experience.
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| 3. Did you complete a senior thesis? |
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Yes |
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No |
| 4. If you did complete a senior thesis, how satisfied were you with the experience? |
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Very dissatisfied |
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Generally dissatisfied |
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Generally satisfied |
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Very satisfied |
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Not applicable |
| 5. To what extent has your experience at Harvard contributed to your knowledge, skills, and personal development in the following areas? |
None or very little |
Some |
Quite a bit |
Very Much |
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Prepare you for civic engagement
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Understanding of the problems facing your community, nation, or world |
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Teach you to understand yourself as a product of and participant in traditions of art, ideas and values
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Ability to interpret forms of cultural expression (e.g. a painting, sculpture, theatrical production, dance, musical composition, or literary text) |
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Prepare you to respond critically and constructively
to change
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Ability to solve complex real-world problems |
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| Ability to evaluate how you respond to challenging and new situations |
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Develop your understanding of the ethical dimensions of what you say and do
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Ability to consider the ramifications of how you speak to and act around others |
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| Ability to examine the strengths and weaknesses of ethical arguments |
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6. What were the goals of your concentration?
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| 7. Who did you rely on most for advice for the following: |
| Overall advice |
1 'Master/ Co-Master' ; 2 'Resident Dean' ; 3 'Entryway tutor' ; 4 'Other house tutors' ; 5 'Faculty' ; 6 'Teaching fellows' ; 7 'Peer counseling groups' ; 8 'Peer advising fellow' ; 9 'Friends or roommates' ; 10 'Parents or guardians' ; 11 'Representative of Harvard chaplaincy' ; 12 'Athletic coaches' ; 13 'University Health Services' ; 14 'Bureau of Study Counsel' ; 15 'Other (please specify)' |
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Other
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| Academic advice |
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Other
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| Personal advice |
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Other
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| 8. To what extent do you agree with the following statements: |
Strongly disagree |
Disagree |
Neither agree nor disagree |
Agree |
Strongly agree |
| a. The staff and events/ programs in the House provided opportunities for me to interact with Faculty. |
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| b. During the last three years, Resident Tutors were important to my academic progress. |
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| c. During the last three years, Resident Tutors were important to my personal well-being. |
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| d. Students in the House treat one another respectfully. |
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| e. Overall, House life contributed positively to my Harvard College experience. |
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9. Please comment on the contribution of your House experience to your academic, extracurricular, and/ or social life.
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| 10. While at Harvard, did you engage in an international experience? |
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Yes |
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No |
If YES:
Please select the type(s) of international experience and when you participated in this experience. Check all that apply.
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During the school year (September
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May) |
Summer (June
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August) |
If you participated in this type of experience, how long was your experience (in weeks)? |
Was this activity all or partially funded through Harvard? (Check if yes, leave blank if no.) |
| For-credit coursework |
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| Research |
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| Internship |
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| Public service |
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| Non-credit study |
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Other, please specify:
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| 11. While at Harvard, did you engage in some form of public service (i.e. serve for a non-profit, community or government organization) as a substantial part of your activities? |
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Yes |
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No |
If YES:
Please select the type(s) of public service activity and when you participated in the activity. Check all that apply.
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During the school year (September
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May) |
Summer (June
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August) |
| Volunteered
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| Paid position at a public service organization |
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| Un-paid position at a public service organization |
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| Harvard public service fellowship or similar sponsored award |
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Other, please specify:
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| 12. I am interested in pursuing public service as part of my career. |
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Strongly disagree |
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Disagree |
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Neither agree nor disagree |
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Agree |
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Strongly agree |
13. At the beginning of this survey, we asked you:
"Overall, how satisfied have you been with your undergraduate education?" The options were:
"Very Satisfied, Generally Satisfied, Ambivalent, Generally Dissatisfied, or Very Dissatisfied." Reflecting on your answer, please comment on why you rated your overall satisfaction with your undergraduate education as you did.
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14. Please use the space below to comment on what Harvard could have done to improve your undergraduate experience or what you wish
you had done differently, or both.
IMPROVE
15. Please use the space below to describe the most important outcomes of
your time as an undergraduate. Where possible, be specific about how Harvard contributed to these accomplishments, changes or
other developments.
OUTCOMES
16. Please use the space below to elaborate on any of the questions on the survey and to comment on any other aspect of
your undergraduate experience not covered in this questionnaire.
COMMENT
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