Academics Officer
Peter Chon
The fight for academic equity doesn’t end with a Harvard acceptance. Coming from a Title I public high school, I understand that you have your own unique academic journey, and Harvard should reflect this reality. I’ve had my share of battles with administration regarding policies that intimidated my peers who needed support. When we can do better, we deserve better. I’ll keep fighting for more academic diversity, exploration, and support. There’s more to you than the courses you take or the concentration you declare, but I’d like to hear your concerns and advocate for this important aspect of your Harvard experience. Vote Peter for a summer bridge program, extended pass/fail and drop/add, humanized involuntary leave of absence, academic probation, and withdrawal policies, standardized previous-term registration, better first-year academics, concurrent masters beyond STEM disciplines, expanded MIT-Harvard cross-registration, improved q-guides, and accessible information on research, study abroad, and pre-professional advising.
To learn more about how I will be your advocate, please visit:
https://tinyurl.com/Andrew4Academic
As a First-Generation, Low-Income student, Harvard as an institution is often confusing. Half the time, I feel as if the school doesn’t care about me, like I’m filling some sort of quota. Oppositely, the amount of resources for FGLI students can be overwhelming, but whether they’re effectively shared with those who need them is a great question. Harvard has a long history of hiding their mistakes. With harmful faculty, ignorance towards mental health, and so much more, refusing to acknowledge these issues makes sense - that is, if you’re the institution. As students, we deserve so much more. We deserve people who will fight for our academic curiosity and reward our hard work. Most importantly, we deserve an institution willing to protect us from abuse.