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...college students, few distinctions of prestige rival admission into Phi Beta Kappa. Since 1778, Harvard has annually considered the top students in the College for admission into PBK. Last week, however, officers of the Harvard-Radcliffe PBK Society announced that the process that determines which students will become members of the illustrious society will change. Instead of requiring students under consideration to provide letters of recommendations and upload their own transcripts, the chapter will consult the directors of undergraduate studies of the considered students’ concentrations after first obtaining academic records from the Registrar. This unfortunate change eliminates individual...
Under the current system, students have the opportunity to choose the professors who could best speak on their behalf—a luxury no longer afforded, given the changes. Whereas many colleges base PBK elections solely on grades, the Harvard-Radcliffe chapter prides itself on looking more holistically at students. Indeed, the current election system allows professors who know students well to make informed, nuanced recommendations. However, the new rules give this power to the directors of studies, who may not know each candidate well enough to have a firm basis for judgment...
...Harvard-Radcliffe chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society has changed its selection process for the final round of senior elections into the organization, PBK officers announced earlier this week...
...really excited. It was awesome,” Esplin said. “I think that the goals of PBK are to encourage not only good grades but academic rigor and variety, which are things I’ve tried to pursue...
...said. “You don’t even turn in your resume, so the balance falls a lot on them.” Vikram R. Modi ’10, an applied mathematics concentrator, said that while he is very pleased to join the honor society, PBK should not be viewed as an end goal. “I don’t see it as something to work towards,” Modi said. “I see it as a reflection of what you would have done anyway.” The twenty-four students...