Alex W.'s Blog

Graduated from Harvard

’twas a virtual graduation thanks to COVID. Fortunately, Conan O’Brien was the class day speaker and used the format well (video).


Thanks to the advanced standing program I was able to accelerate my graduation, so I only graduated 1 year behind my original class.

I took 27 wonderful classes in college. Here they are in the order they appear on my transcript:

Semester 1 - Fall 2015

  • AESTHINT 57 - American Dreams from Scarface to Easy Rider
  • COMPSCI 61 - Systems Programming and Machine Organization
  • ENG-SCI 50 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering
  • LIFESCI 1A - An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences: Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology

Semester 2 - Spring 2016

  • COMPSCI 51 - Introduction to Computer Science II
  • EXPOS 20 - Expository Writing 20: God & Government
  • FRESMR 21G - How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form?
  • MATH 21B - Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
  • SCILIVSY 20 - Psychological Sciences

Semester 3 - Fall 2018

  • AFRAMER 209A - Africa Rising? New African Economies/Cultuer and Their Global Implications
  • COMPSCI 222 - Algorithms at the Ends of the Wire
  • COMPSCI 263 - Systems Security
  • STAT 110 - Introduction to Probability
  • TWI AA - Elementary Twi

Semester 4 - Spring 2019

  • COMPSCI 245 - Cloud Networking and Computing
  • COMPSCI 260R - Projects and Close Readings in Software Systems (VMs, Containers, Serverless)
  • IGA 236 (HKS) - Cybersecurity: Technology, Policy, and Law
  • TWI AB - Elementary Twi

Semester 5 - Fall 2019

  • COMPSCI 279R - Research Topics in Human-Computer Interaction and Programming Languages
  • GENED 1033 - Conflict Resolution in a Divided World
  • MBA 1745 (HBS) - Entrepreneurial Failure
  • MBA 1755 (HBS) - Launching Technology Ventures
  • 6.840 (MIT) - Theory of Computation

Semester 6 - Spring 2020

  • COMPLIT 277 - Literature, Diaspora, and GLobal Trauma
  • COMPSCI 91R - Supervised Reading and Research (for thesis)
  • GENED 1119 - Law, Politics, and Trade Policy: Lessons from East Asia
  • MBA 1624 (HBS) - Entrepreneurial Finance