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...indolent student, he routinely alters his report cards, displaying what he could have done instead of what he did not do. After re- establishing contact with his brother, a student at Princeton, he sees a scholarship at an Eastern prep school as his avenue of escape. He forges his transcript and letters of recommendation: "I wrote without heat or hyperbole, in the words my teachers would have used if they had known me as I knew myself...
...20th anniversary of the student takeover of University Hall, the Conservative Club comandeers the Business School's Baker Library demanding admission to Goldman Sachs' two-year analyst training program. After an unexpected scuffle over transcript files erupts, Harvard police fax the protestors a memo urging them to stop the violence. The demonstrators finally agree to leave the building in exchange for the restoration of ROTC on campus and the Pledge of Allegiance made mandatory at the beginning of each class...
Though students may receive a "NC"--No Credit--on their quarterly report card for a failed course, all record of the course is expunged from the student's permanent transcript...
...transcript is the official record that graduate schools and employers see after a student graduates...
Students said they are satisfied with the current grading system. Freshman Ben Myers said that the 'NC' provides a "lack of pressure that makes Stanford so exciting. 'F's are bogus." He added, "A transcript is supposed to be a record of your academic excellence, and if I fail a course, I wouldn't want it showing...