Word: registrars
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Office of the Registrar reports that males outnumber females in almost every science and math concentration--including applied mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, biochemical sciences, chemistry, chemistry and physics, computer science, physics and the engineering sciences...
...will tell you, the Plan of Study is totally non-binding; most of us have no idea even what we wrote down back then (though seniors might be interested to know that they can find out by requesting to see their permanent record the next time they visit the Registrar). The Plan of Study is a useful exercise, but that's all it is. Being forced to think about your concentration early involves nothing more than reading Fields of Concentration accurately and perhaps talking to a head tutor. And some people find that looking at a concentration from the inside...
Master's degrees, better summer jobs, advantages in housing and Core lotteries, study abroad--the most compelling reason to take Advanced Standing is that it opens up more options. Every year, peer counselors, the Freshman Dean's Office and the Registrar get phone calls from anxious seniors wondering if they still have Advanced Standing. They do, and they can enjoy the benefits (usually taking fewer classes) their senior spring. And as they kick back, sip their drinks and leaf through their completed theses, they wonder why they wasted any energy worrying about the Advanced Standing decision three years before...
...School Registrar Steve Kane voiced anotherconcern...
...according to Zena K. Shaffer, registrar atthe Yale Law School, there is no attendance policyfor Yale Law classes. "We just assume everyonegoes to class," said Shaffer. "We don't takeattendance in classes...