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This commitment to socioeconomic diversity can also be seen in the laudable decision to eliminate the early action option for applicants. Despite fears that Harvard would lose competitive applicants to peer institutions, this year’s record low admit rate of 7.1 percent vindicates the Admissions Office and demonstrates that the institution’s goals of competitiveness and diversity are not mutually exclusive...
...providing a “common experience” for students. Although he does not believe that such a standardized program would be feasible at Harvard, he said he is looking into whether a great books program—like that at Columbia—could become an option for some Harvard students...
...over 300 people showed interest, Gillis said. Many of Monday’s attendees appeared to be the interested parents of soon-to-be graduates.Asked after the event whether he had any designs on reprising the dance moves that made him famous in past years, Summers indicated that the option was on the table, “if I’m invited by students to do things.”“I didn’t realize people were going to talk about me,” he said of Monday’s event...
...comes time to apply for law school, medical school, a fellowship, a job, or virtually any post-graduation endeavor. Choosing particular electives to avoid the risk of too many unnecessary Bs and Cs may not be idealistic, but it can hardly be criticized as unwise. The pass/fail grading option, however, could be better used as insurance to allow students to take appealing classes they would otherwise see as too much of an academic risk...
...Modifying the pass/fail option this way would not mean allowing students to hand-pick the grades on their transcript. First of all, it would not change the fact that a student must get permission to take a class pass/fail to begin with. Second, students would not know their grades when making their final grading choice, as the deadline would still be before final papers and exams. And last, such a change would not imply that the reverse could be done—students would not (and should not) be allowed to change a letter-graded class to pass/fail...