EtomicB
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Post by EtomicB on Feb 3, 2020 11:02:37 GMT -5
Schools like LSu, Zona, UCLA have a different school and academic standard for their athletes. Those schools offer the type of benefit Georgetown can’t; not just monetarily but lax rules and pretend schooling. It’s a different environment and one you won’t get at Georgetown. I ask this ingenuously. It has been some time since I graduated. The above comports with both my experience and what I have always believed; that the academic expectations for scholarship athletes (read basketball) do not differ greatly from those for the student body at large. Yet things I have read recently on these boards lead me to wonder if I'm being a little naive. What is the reality today? Someone correct me if I'm wrong but can't the staff use a different admissions standard for athletes than regular students?
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Feb 3, 2020 11:38:53 GMT -5
I ask this ingenuously. It has been some time since I graduated. The above comports with both my experience and what I have always believed; that the academic expectations for scholarship athletes (read basketball) do not differ greatly from those for the student body at large. Yet things I have read recently on these boards lead me to wonder if I'm being a little naive. What is the reality today? Someone correct me if I'm wrong but can't the staff use a different admissions standard for athletes than regular students? I think it has always been that different standards applied to athletes, not just in basketball. I believe that Charlie Deacon and admissions had to approve basketball admissions but I heard that the system broke down after Victor Page's admission and that Deacon et al had less input re: the basketball program. (As a humorous aside when we started the pep band, Charlie used to half-jokingly ask us what instrumentalists we needed for next year).
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DallasHoya
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Post by DallasHoya on Feb 3, 2020 11:47:24 GMT -5
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but can't the staff use a different admissions standard for athletes than regular students? I think it has always been that different standards applied to athletes, not just in basketball. I believe that Charlie Deacon and admissions had to approve basketball admissions but I heard that the system broke down after Victor Page's admission and that Deacon et al had less input re: the basketball program. (As a humorous aside when we started the pep band, Charlie used to half-jokingly ask us what instrumentalists we needed for next year). How old is Charlie Deacon now? He was there when I was admitted 43 years ago.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Feb 3, 2020 11:50:36 GMT -5
I think it has always been that different standards applied to athletes, not just in basketball. I believe that Charlie Deacon and admissions had to approve basketball admissions but I heard that the system broke down after Victor Page's admission and that Deacon et al had less input re: the basketball program. (As a humorous aside when we started the pep band, Charlie used to half-jokingly ask us what instrumentalists we needed for next year). How old is Charlie Deacon now? He was there when I was admitted 43 years ago. I think Charlie is 78. Class of 1964 I believe. Still working! Joseph Chalmers was Dean of Admissions when I was admitted back in 1973 and I think Charlie was Assistant Dean or some title like Director of Admissions.
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Post by augustusfinknottle on Feb 3, 2020 12:22:10 GMT -5
I ask this ingenuously. It has been some time since I graduated. The above comports with both my experience and what I have always believed; that the academic expectations for scholarship athletes (read basketball) do not differ greatly from those for the student body at large. Yet things I have read recently on these boards lead me to wonder if I'm being a little naive. What is the reality today? Someone correct me if I'm wrong but can't the staff use a different admissions standard for athletes than regular students? It's no secret that admissions standards are different. (Most applicants with two felonies in their jacket wouldn't stand a chance). I'm talking about what is expected of them once they're in.
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hoyas315
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Post by hoyas315 on Feb 14, 2020 21:30:14 GMT -5
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