Harvard just gave students 5 days to pack all of their things, move out, and go home. many can't go home because of costs and travel restrictions, and they've provided no guidance. and we're expected to go to class for the rest of this week. like...I CAN'T go home to Jamaica, especially on such short notice. the visa I'm using to work after I graduate necessitates that I stay in the US until I get the authorization document in July. where do I and the other students doing post-completion OPT go?

today my CS professor verified my imposter syndrome by saying "you're a good student, but here at Harvard there are some really great and really talented students"

when he said that memories of loneliness and exclusion within the department flooded my mind, and I started crying I was appealing my grade for a class last semester. by my own calculations, I was 0.5 points below the cutoff for an A-, and I had some disagreements with how the staff graded a few crucial assignments. I didn't have much hope for a grade change, but I thought it was worth a shot