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Speaking to his academic prowess, Campbell was inducted into the Harvard chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society during his junior year. Entry into Harvard’s chapter requires an outstanding grade point average as well as two heavily weighted faculty recommendations...
While Malan’s preliminary sat/unsat plan would still have allowed students to take the course for a grade in order to satisfy concentration or General Education requirements—or if they simply wanted to receive a letter grade—SEAS Dean Cherry A. Murray said that any final decision on the grading structure would have required a faculty vote...
Kartikeya Mital ’13 said that while he had planned to take CS50 regardless of whether it would be offered sat/unsat, he was glad to know that taking the class for a grade will remain the norm in the fall...
...Rishabh K. Sinha ’12 said that while he had been strongly considering CS50 when he heard about the grading change, he does not believe he has a strong enough technical background to take the class for a grade...
...general, CS 50 students already express enthusiasm about the material. However, this grading policy change could discourage individuals from devoting energy to it—to their detriment. No matter how good their intentions, students pressed for time unavoidably prioritize work for classes in which they will be receiving a grade. Although we have no doubt that many of the students Malan hopes to attract with the policy would be intellectually motivated to learn the material, we question whether they would do so at the cost of success in their other classes. Those enrolled would undoubtedly conduct such an analysis...