If they’re accepting students (or have staff who are rigging the process) who are in the bottom 10% of the incoming class, and they’ve rejected students who would be in the upper quartile, how do they justify that?
Not all schools are like this. I’ve tutored excellent athletes who’ve had to get their Math SAT above 600 (preferably 650) to be considered.
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Agreed. Top students not accepted. USC had Crew scholarships averaging $30,000+, so there is a financial loss aspect.
Having had student athlete, at least in case of swim team, the athletes were very hard working STUDENTS as well as athletes...Had high GPA rankings among groups of students. The “dumb jock” stereotype did not apply.
Agreed. Top students not accepted. USC had Crew scholarships averaging $30,000+, so there is a financial loss aspect.
Having had student athlete, at least in case of swim team, the athletes were very hard working STUDENTS as well as athletes...Had high GPA rankings among groups of students. The “dumb jock” stereotype did not apply.
Apparently many schools do have lower standards for Crew, Soccer, Tennis, water polo etc. USC, Georgetown, Yale etc..were all implicated in the indictment. If they didn’t have lower standards then Singer would have lost half his business.
A lot of it is on the integrity of the coaches at the HS level. Where I taught, the best of the coaches always put academics ahead of the sport, to the point of rather having them miss some practice time to prepare for a test.