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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our youngest is at Princeton.  It feels like there are far more rules and the administration is far less understanding and flexible compared to our oldest child's experience at another Ivy.  For instance, Princeton students are forbidden from getting outside tutoring if they are having difficulty in a class (it is considered an honor code violation).  The students are supposed to use the student tutors provided by the school, but there aren't nearly enough to go around.  So a student having difficulties in a class who is unable to secure one of the few tutors is left to completely flounder or risk getting an honor code violation by seeking outside help.  That doesn't make sense to me.  [/quote]

OMG---yes, that certainly would help trigger mental health issues!  If outside tutoring is not allowed, then the university needs to provide 1-1 tutoring for anyone who needs it.  And how is tutoring a "honor code violation". A tutor cannot take your midterm or finals for you.  Entire point of college is to learn, so why shouldn't a kid be able to get the extra help they need to actually learn the material?

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I'd like to see an Honor Code citation for the notion that students are "forbidden from getting outside tutoring."  I thought the Honor Code pertained primarily to exams, but I could see it being an Honor Code violation if a student paid for a third party to complete a problem set or write a computer program for them.  Presumably the tutors associated with the university tutoring have been schooled on where to draw the line between helping a student and doing a student's work for them. [/quote]

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