<p>Could anyone tell me about citations on grades? How meaningful/rare/ ... what the heck ARE they? </p>
<p>Does Dart have what I know as a Deans List? (Honor roll?) If so, does it show up anywhere that I can see it from CA?</p>
<p>Obviously, I am the parent of a D that isn't into bragging, but I'd like to at least let the grandparents know.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Every year, students have the opportunity to be designated as “Rufus Choate Scholars” by being in the top 5% of their class</p>
<p>Citations are quite an honor… the type of thing to go to the best one or two students in the giant lecture class.</p>
<p>Aside from this, there are three honor lists:
Top 5%: Rufus Choate scholars
Top 15%: Next highest honor list
Top 35%: Next highest honor list after that</p>
<p>I recall reading sometime during my time at D that there were ~1000 citations given per year. Considering 4200 students x 3 classes x 3 terms, and you’ve got students taking ~38,000 courses/year. So citations are given roughly 1 time per 38 classes taken.</p>
<p>Congratulations! A professor at an Ivy League institution- one of the top colleges in the country- thought your son/daughter was worthy of individual recognition in his class. It doesn’t get much better than this.</p>
<p>They are quite an honor and I can think of a handful of '12’s who have received them this year. I can only imagine receiving one in my time here. I was happy enough to receive my first solid A (I used to be a straight A student for most of HS…) winter term.</p>
<p>They are given out in smaller classes as well. I know kids who have gotten citations in seminars and Writing 5’s</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, everyone!</p>
<p>where can one find the honor list?</p>