Word: switch
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...grew up in Meriden, Conn., signed up for the Marines at 17 and volunteered for the infantry, the grunts who are the heart and soul of the corps. Finding boot camp a dull grind compared with what he felt the recruiting videos had promised, he asked to switch out of the infantry. "I thought I could use my mind a little differently," he says. But he was turned down. He tried again in 2002, requesting a transfer to counterintelligence, but his eight tattoos disqualified him; those kinds of markings make a man too easy to identify. Among the tattoos...
...personnel-switch might mean an up-tick in the number of A´s and A-minuses distributed to course-takers; Mansfield is the Faculty's most-notorious grade-deflator. But expect the course to remain, at its core, a grueling—but gratifying—intellectual challenge...
Organic chemistry is like initiation for pre-meds: occasionally entertaining, but inevitably painful and unavoidable. So if you are unsure about being pre-med, do yourself a favor and decide before taking “orgo.” Otherwise, when you later switch to Economics, it will count as an elective. Assuming you still think you’re a pre-med, or you are one of those rare types who take orgo out of “interest,” it’s time to pick your poison: 17/27 or 20/30? Chemistry 17/27 is the typical...
...Harvard’s move comes with a potential escape-clause. The switch to a single-decision system would last for a “a two- to three-year trial period.” Harvard will “monitor the impact of this change and make sure that it does not have a negative impact on student quality,” University officials said in a press release...
...Harvard’s move comes with a potential escape-clause. University officials said in a press release that the switch to a single-decision system would last for a “a two- to three-year trial period.” Harvard will “monitor the impact of this change and make sure that it does not have a negative impact on student quality...