Word: counts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...department has voted to let students count non-letter grades received this spring for concentration requirements. The memo suggests that students consider the "implications" of these grades before deciding whether or not to complete the work necessary for a letter grade...
Wilson said yesterday that non-letter grades would certainly not count against concentrators. "But," he said, "if two students come up for honors three years from now, and one has all A's and the other has some A's and some 'credits,' and if only one summa can be awarded, we can't be sure the second one will have as good a chance for it as the first...
...History Department decided last night to let its students count "pass" and "credit" courses for concentration this term. But the department said that all honors candidates except seniors will have to make up the courses with graded ones sometime later...
Under the department's ruling, all seniors-as well as junior and sophomore non-honors candidates-may count this semester's unguarded courses for concentration. But sophomore and junior honors candidates "will be expected to present 6 1/2 graded courses as under the present regulations." the department said...
...Registrar indicated that some students will not be told of their pass-fail status, and it is reported that the History Department has ruled that pass grades will not count for concentration credit and that students not taking exams will not be considered as having done sufficient work to receive a letter grade...