Word: placement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...program, to begin in the fall of 1955 for qualified students, included: early admission from eleventh grade without high school diploma; advanced placement in courses not regularly open to freshmen; course reduction; sophomore standing directly from his school with immediate entrance into the Houses...
...Placement Changes...
...qualify for sophomore standing, a high school graduate must attain outstanding marks on the Placement tests in at least three of th fields of Biology Chemistry, English, History, Languages, Mathematics, and Physics. Any student who receives sophomore standing will be encouraged to remain in the Houses for four years and to take courses in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the senior year as an undergraduate...
...effort to expand the present placement system, the Faculty also called for the extension, strengthening and improvement of placement opportunities so that students in the above fields can work in the most advanced courses for which their secondary school background qualifies them...
According to the regulations Honors candidates, including men in the Class of '56 and '57 who are judged ready for advanced placement, may in the last two years receive a reduction of one or two courses in their told programs. This reduction will offer a stronger tutorial system, the option of taking courses in the GSAS, and also "allow students to pursue informally work of a broad or specialized character which is of special interest to them." Petitions for course reduction may be filed by Honors candidates not eligible for Advanced Standing, but who have done outstanding work in their...