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Sixty-three of the candidates earned their diplomas summa cum laude in their field of concentration, 54 magna cum laude with highest honors and 430 magna cum laude in their field of concentration. Four hundred fourteen earned cum laude (formerly known as cum laude in general studies), 476 cum laude in their field of concentration, and 145, slightly more than 9 percent of the class, received non-honors degrees...
Schwartz, also a Crimson editor, will receive the Sophia Fruend prize today, an honor awarded each year to the highest ranked summa cum laude graduate in the College...
Thesis writers have also had to come to grips this spring with the limits of meritocracy, namely the fact that many concentrations have absolutely no idea how to evaluate their honors candidates fairly and accurately. One senior told me that he received one grade of summa-minus on his thesis and one grade of no distinction. In other words, one reader said his work was one of the best theses of the year, and another reader said he deserved to graduate from the College with only a degree in general studies. (In situations like this, by the way, the thesis...
...been involved with anti-apartheid causes before coming to Harvard, Seidman considered it simply good news judgment to cover the movement early and often—not undue editorial control. But Seidman’s peripheral interest in the South African divestment campaign would grow after she graduated summa cum laude from the College...
...more fundamental philosophical change, reshaping the administration to focus more on academics—Summers and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby have publicly encouraged Harvard students to pay even greater attention to their studies than they already do—and less on extracurricular activities. Lewis, a summa graduate of the College and McKay professor of computer science, somehow managed also to be a noted patron of the athletic program and worked extensively with student groups. The truth is doubtless a combination of both: Summers might have taken issue with Lewis precisely because the dean was advocating such...