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Concentrators currently have the option of substituting History 10b with History 10c, “A Global History of Modern Times,” or bypassing History 10b or History 10c with a score of five on the Advanced Placement European History or World History exam...
...decade might well fail to keep up.And here, someone will insert the counterargument that Harvard does make exceptions for some of its student-athletes. Point taken—but only with a grain of salt.Firstly, student-athletes sporting Crimson have, just like their classmates, weathered their share of Advanced Placement tests and SAT tests in the recent past. And, for the most part, they have fared well. Harvard isn’t admitting athletes with 2.0 high school grade-point averages.But more importantly, these student-athletes continue to be athletes once they get to Harvard, thereby contributing to their community...
...rise…condomize.” Three thousand miles to the east and 25 years later, Harvard’s Community Health Initiative (CHI) still denies first-year men the resources to fulfill that prophetic motto. Thankfully, the Undergraduate Council recently passed a bill to support the placement of condoms in all freshmen dorms to supplement the current supply in the Houses—a move that Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 has encouraged. We hope that in the coming weeks, CHI addresses the obvious desire of the community and begins to stock freshmen...
Scores on Advanced Placement (AP) science exams do not translate into success in introductory level college science courses, according to a study by researchers at Harvard and the University of Virginia. Harvard’s Wright senior lecturer on celestial navigation, Philip M. Sadler, the primary researcher of the study, said the recent survey polled college students in biology, physics, and chemistry courses to test the correlation between AP scores and first-semester college grades.The study, which found no significant correlation between AP scores and grades, adds to the ongoing debate among educators over the weight placed on AP exam...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) passed a bill supporting the placement of condom dispensers in freshman dormitories and voted to form a student committee to add student input to the search for a new Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) during yesterday’s Council meeting...