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...participate in the “discussions” led by the all-knowing TF. As a second-semester senior, however, I’ve long since given up on the illusion that section is worth the effort. I now realize that fifteen disinterested students and a grad-student-cum-teacher will not lead to enlightenment and that an exchange of trite ideas will never make the Core curriculum more bearable. Nay, I know that section is usually deadening. After observing over 30 sections in the past seven semesters, I’ve learned that the classes may be different...
Around five percent of the members of the graduating class who have been recommended for highest honors in their concentrations will receive summa cum laude degrees, the same cap from previous years. Students whose concentration recommends them for high honors will be awarded magna cum laude degrees, bringing the total number of summa and magna degrees to no more than 20 percent...
Another 30 percent of seniors who have been recommended for concentration honors will graduate cum laude...
...more than 10 percent of students with high GPAs who are not recommended by their concentration for honors may also receive cum laude degrees...
...many departments have warned their students that they think the College might not accept up to half of their recommendations. History told its students that roughly half of their concentrators recommended last May for magna would have received the degree cum laude under the new regulations, and half those recommended for cum laude would have received no honors...