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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard is a school. It's goal is to provide an education, not judgenwhatever contest you think it should be running. The lower the ability of incoming students, the more we can see if the school is adding any value. [/quote]

This is absolutely absurd. Not everyone is capable of doing calculus. There is a significant proportion of the US population that does not have the intellectual ability to understand higher level math regardless of how much time they spend attempting to learn it. People that need remedial math classes are not cut out for Harvard. [/quote]

Those needing remedial math should probably working on their GED.[/quote]
dp.. this is a calculus remedial class, so really, beyond a GED.

BUT, I would expect students attending a T10 to be able to take Calc 101 without having to take a remedial calc class first, and also how to write a decent paper.

The fact that Harvard has to have such a class tells me that they are admitting "low caliber" students. Yes, these are lower caliber students for a T10.[/quote]
One of my closest friends at Harvard is an excellent poet. She is undoubtedly famous and talented (top 0.1%) in creative writing.

You put her at a chalk board and ask her to devise the derivative of F(x), and she will start crying. I’m sure Harvard prefers her in the alumni database than the copious amounts of stem researchers who make $60k.[/quote]

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