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...other hand, Harvard arrogantly assumed that a B-plus from a predominantly black college is not equivalent to a B-plus from the Ivy League. Applicants from other elite colleges, where the proportion of blacks is very small, have a tremendous advantage. The same arrogance characterizes Harvard's valuation of letters of recommendation. Letters from well-established professors at "prestigious" universities are taken seriously; others are regarded with skepticism. Thus, minority students, especially those who are politically active, are screened...
...source muses that under the new files law a student's recommendation could consist solely of, "This student wrote a paper of Milton and I gave him a B-plus for the course." The nightmare gets worse: It's who you know, not what you know...
...stats were not enough, Walton, 21, seems intent on shattering every jock stereotype. He is serious about his studies (history major, solid B-plus average), radical in his politics, reclusive in his lifestyle, contemptuous of money and luxury. So fierce is his sense of individualism that he says that he will not turn pro when he gets his diploma next month unless he can play in Southern California. "Living," he says, "is more important than playing...
According to Dean Whitlock there has been a steady "inflation" of grades at Harvard over the years, increasing the number of students above the cut-off for Phi Beta Kappa, which is an academic average of 13.00, or between B-plus and A-minus...
...that there were surprisingly few casualties required to train Eisenhower. There's nothing dramatic about the kind of work that Eisenhower did, so he suffers by comparison with the trombones-and-drums kind of President. But in terms of what service he performed, I would give him a B-plus...