The faculty voted Monday to require universal proctoring for all in-person examinations in response to mounting concerns over AI-assisted cheating and declining student reporting of Honor Code violations. The policy, which takes effect July 1, preserves the student-run Honor Committee system while requiring instructors to serve as witnesses.
get told they are supposed to be the better than the others
better than those not at Princeton, not better than others at Princeton nor to the point of sabotage. in fact anecdotally they get told that even though they were probably top of their high school class they would be average or even low-performing, and will have Princeton’s full support in managing the transition, especially the mental preparation for “mediocrity”
Iirc this is why Princeton and other ivies don’t only take the best of the best – they need a few people in every class to really struggle but stuck it out, so those used to being at the top of the hierarchy and successful at everything aren’t suddenly on the very bottom with no clue of what to do.
better than those not at Princeton, not better than others at Princeton nor to the point of sabotage. in fact anecdotally they get told that even though they were probably top of their high school class they would be average or even low-performing, and will have Princeton’s full support in managing the transition, especially the mental preparation for “mediocrity”
Iirc this is why Princeton and other ivies don’t only take the best of the best – they need a few people in every class to really struggle but stuck it out, so those used to being at the top of the hierarchy and successful at everything aren’t suddenly on the very bottom with no clue of what to do.