re: John Emery is going to look weird in #44

Kevin Steltz TYFYS

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most legit grad schools will scrutinize your transcripts all the way back to at least hs, some take it further, he's not getting into a legit grad school/curriculum (except maybe a Grambling or Southern,) with that on his record, unless of course, he is of some value to the football team

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Yeah, that's just not true. Grad schools don't care about your grades in high school lol. While important, your undergraduate transcripts are just one part of a grad school application. Recommendation letters, research/work experience, GRE scores, and your statement of purpose are all equally as important.

I was accepted to a stem grad program at an R1 school with a GPA "requirement" of 3.0 even though my undergraduate GPA was below that, since the other parts of my application were strong.

Sure, it's easier to get into grad school with a high GPA, but just because Emery has had grade issues in the past, it doesn't mean that he would have no chance of getting into grad school if he wasn't on the football team.

Love that commercial.



The iggy shuffle

Emery lost his number jumping in the portal. It is kinda telling that no one wanted him.

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didn't he miss a year, or part of it because of being academically ineligible?

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Being academically ineligible doesnt necessarily mean your grades are bad overall.

IIRC his issue was he didnt complete enough credits his first 2 years here or something to be eligible. This happened right after the covid year as well which wasnt exactly a great time to be in school for a lot people (A LOT of people across all parts of education got behind during covid). Not saying he had a 3.5 GPA and just dropped 1 too many classes to not have enough credits, but he was here for 5 years and obviously got his undergrad degree in that time.

Dont see why you have to bag on the guy, he was headed to UCLA's grad school before changing course and coming back here so clearly a nicer school was also willing to accept him into a grad program, football or not, it's still UCLA.

I dont read it as him making fun of him. I, like most, was suprised that he did get his degree. He did have a history of bad grades and not being eligible a whole year because of it. Then factor in that alot of players do not complete their degree and one can see where his question came from.

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maybe standards these days have been lowered, have to include everyone, when I graduated (undergrad,) the scrutiny was that intense, hell, my employer had my college transcripts in their hand during the multiphase interview process, as did the military, but I guess
I'm wrong because this is the rant

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Fair enough, I'm under 30 so I don't know how things used to be, but from my and my peers experiences, things aren't like that now. It's very rare that an employer will ask to see a college transcript these days. Hell, I'm not even sure if my current employer verified my college degree but with the line of work I'm in, it would be apparent very early on in the interview process if you didn't know your stuff. Even if transcripts aren't asked for, it doesn't mean that interview processes have gotten any shorter or easier.

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most legit grad schools will scrutinize your transcripts all the way back to at least hs, some take it further

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Not really. There are a ton of grad degrees out there that are happy to simply get students. His undergrad degree is in Interdisciplinary Studies, in Humanities & Social Sciences. Here is the info if you want to see what that is.

Interdisciplinary Studies Major

and the grad options in Humanities & Social Sciences.

https://www.lsu.edu/hss/graduatestudents.php

If you are actually interested in something aside from crapping on an LSU player.

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most legit grad schools will scrutinize your transcripts all the way back to at least hs, some take it further, he's not getting into a legit grad school/curriculum (except maybe a Grambling or Southern,) with that on his record, unless of course, he is of some value to the football team

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You have no idea of his academic situation.

Regardless, he doesn't have to actually be in graduate school. He can be working on a second undergrad degree if he chooses.

He can take 12 hours of freshman courses this fall if he wants.

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Grad schools don't care if you were on academic probation. They are far more interested in grades and grad school entrance exams, among other things. Even after academic probation, you can pull your grades up enough to get into grad school. A stellar grad school entrance exam result can easily be enough to assist with questionable grades.

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True. My first couple years of college I struggled. Didn't know what I wanted to major, was not a mature 18-19 year old and the more I struggled the more I beat myself up and ended up on academic suspension. By the end of my sophomore year I started to turn it around and my JR and SR year was on Dean's list and did well on my grad exam and finished strong in grad school.

That's why I cut these kids some slack. Not everyone gets to college prepared to excel and even with support it may take time to get it together.

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just pointing out the obvious

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You most certainly aren't. What exactly do you find obvious other than he apparantly graduated? BK stated in the past that he was absent from the team in order to focus on his academic work. At some point later than that, he apparantly graduated. The only thing that us "obvious" is that he was successful on his focus.


You're definitely trying too hard to cut the guy down.