• Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Which is bullshit. If you got the grades and paid your tuition, a university should not be able to withhold your degree. They can ban you from the graduation ceremony, but that’s it.

    It is crazy that a university hold such power over someone.

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      5 months ago

      Harvard doesn’t give grades. You either pass, fail, or pass with honors, more or less entirely at the whim of your professors.

      It’s much more of a social club than a school, and being denied a degree is more akin to having your country club membership revoked than your credentials refuted.

      It’s almost pro-forma, as the real benefit of attending Harvard is rubbing shoulders with the children of billionaires. The goal is to find someone willing to become your financial patron, not to hold a piece of paper confirming that you did all your homework.

      If these kids are on the outs with the school board, they’ve already been blacklisted by anyone that matters.