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...recently announced oral exam?? will require students to choose one text from a list of supplementary readings to discuss aloud with a member of the teaching staff. According to English Professor Matthew B. Kaiser, who teaches the course, the oral format of the test is meant to exercise some “neglected intellectual muscles;” namely, students’ ability to engage in scholarly dialogue...
...harsh as it sounds, the equalizing nature of the entrance exam??which reflects the value Korean society places on hard work—makes the CSAT well worth the stress and heartbreak it visits on thousands of students each year. Sure, the thought of having your college admission and social cache based on a day of testing is terrifying for everyone already in the upper echelons of society. But, for those at the bottom, it’s a uniquely Korean opportunity that’s missing in so many other countries...
...administration stressed that the “free pass” is granted only in cases in which students are on campus when they miss an exam??for example, when they inadvertently sleep through an exam...
...surreal,” Abel said about the win. “It was nothing that I was expecting.” Arnav Tripathy ’11, who was named a Putnam fellow—an honor given to the six highest scorers on the exam??said he was excited to be among the top six scorers. “It’s pretty cool,” he said. “I figured I had a pretty good chance. Obviously I hadn’t competed in Putnam before, but it wasn?...
...sections. Noor Iqbal ’10 added that “despite being super busy with show stuff, he was always very accommodating of all of our questions and time commitments.” On Jan. 14, the day of his students’ final exam??which, as an exception, he did not grade—Grosslight said he was flown to California and sequestered in a hotel for the final stages of competition. But, even across the country, he still kept his role as a TF in mind—he sent his students a picture...