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The new transcript is also meant to even out grading discrepancies within the departments, the committee's letter says.
Professors with 500 students in their courses cannot give individual undergraduates the attention they deserve. Ideally, professors would take more responsibility for actual teaching, but in reality, the burden falls on teaching fellows, who come to play crucial roles. The leading of discussions, the grading of papers and exams, and...
"I'm not sure I can tell you the reason why," admits Associate Registrar Thurston Smith. "Sometime before my 10-year tenure here the faculty decided that that's the grading system they wanted to use." Smith does propose his own explanation for the gap. "The theory, I presume, is...
Smith assures the frustrated student that "the faculty is discussing grading. They are always in the process of discussing this sort of thing." Unfortunately, he sighs, "changing things at Harvard is not something that happens quickly, if at all."
CW: Don't get all misty-eyed on me, darling. Another great thing that Harvard has to offer is the E. You see, this maligned letter is excluded from the grading system at most schools. But Harvard, in her infinite sensitivity, has brought back the E. She's also exiled...