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Harvard officials said yesterday that a scoring error on the SAT exam in October would not affect admissions decisions for students seeking spots in the Class...
Concentrators currently have the option of substituting History 10b with History 10c, “A Global History of Modern Times,” or bypassing History 10b or History 10c with a score of five on the Advanced Placement European History or World History exam...
...Core requirement. In the mean time, professors should consider making minor adjustments their curricula so as to be consistent with the logistical requirements of Core courses, which include that courses have midterm and final examinations. (We humbly remind professors who prefer to give a final paper that a final exam need not be a three-hour examination; in our book, a brief unit test would suffice, too.)The effects of more departmental courses that are cross-listed as Core courses will not be substantially different than the effects we envision after the implementation of the General Education proposal. Students will...
...Harvard coach Frank Sullivan unloaded the bench in the closing moments in Jadwin Gym, one couldn’t help but think of one of the top reasons why the Crimson had fallen so far in league play.In the 10 games leading up to the January exam break, Harvard’s bench players had averaged 14 points per contest. In the 10 Ivy games after the break, the Crimson’s reserves averaged just four points per contest, hitting that number right on the mark in Saturday night’s loss to Princeton.With no significant scoring threat...
Scores on Advanced Placement (AP) science exams do not translate into success in introductory level college science courses, according to a study by researchers at Harvard and the University of Virginia. Harvard’s Wright senior lecturer on celestial navigation, Philip M. Sadler, the primary researcher of the study, said the recent survey polled college students in biology, physics, and chemistry courses to test the correlation between AP scores and first-semester college grades.The study, which found no significant correlation between AP scores and grades, adds to the ongoing debate among educators over the weight placed on AP exam...