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At one time, serious thought was given to the establishment of an "in-between" board of advisers for new Sophomores, but "we don't want to proliferate another advisory system around here." Wilcox explained.
The requirement of only one lower-level General Education course is "a bizarre feature" of the Advanced Standing Program, Edward T. Wilcox, Director of the Office of Advanced Standing, said last night.
"I would like to se some sensible and effective way to equate the General Education requirement for Advanced Standing students and other students," Wilcox declared. "Advanced Standing should not be a way to get out of something, but a way to get into something." Wilcox added that there is a...
About four out of five first-year Sophomores responding to a poll by the CRIMSON and the Student Council Committee on Educational Policy said they would have objected to the normal requirement of three courses.
Wilcox admitted that there was "a certain amount of truth" in students' charges of inadequate guidance. "It is true that there are special problems in Advanced Standing, with the large number of options," he said.