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Forty-eight seniors with near perfect GPAs were recently elected into Harvard’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, joining 24 members of their class who were elected last spring...
...electing the Senior 48, the chapter notified 96 eligible students in October based on their GPAs. Faculty and existing Phi Beta Kappa members then held three meetings where they examined the candidates’ transcripts and recommendations. “This is the only time when other students get to look at students’ transcripts,” Coakely said...
...nominated last year but got elected with the Senior 48. “Junior year is extremely tough, and it’s an honor to be even nominated to apply,” he said. “It’s a great honor to be in Phi Beta Kappa, because it means all the work you’ve put into classes is being recognized...
...Senior 48 will be formally inducted in a ceremony in December or January, said Coakely. All Phi Beta Kappa members of the Class of 2005 will then participate in the Literary Exercises, a 200-year-old tradition which occurs on Tuesday of Commencement Week when members march from Harvard Hall to Sanders Theatre, led by fife and drum...
...forthcoming years in the workforce as an investment banker. “How long will I have to put future gain in front of my happiness?” he fretfully asked, probably more to himself more than to us. I was so struck that this accomplished academic, Phi Beta Kappa and soon-to-be graduate could be unhappy with his accomplishments. That his highly desirable i-banking job and six figure salary in one hand came with a denial of his true passions and grief in the other shook me as one un-pretty truth of Harvard?...