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Posted on 5/19/25 at 1:49 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:I like Julia. Think she is a wonderful person
She has a PhD and was a finalist for ULM president a few years ago. It wouldn't be the worst ever choice, especially with Landry making the decision, but we could do a lot better.
If lsu named her president it would be ridiculous.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 1:56 pm to lsupride87
Agreed. Although I could see her entertaining the idea with being a single parent to 2 small children. She also just relocated to BR.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 2:10 pm to dallastigers
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I don’t think scores were lowered, but like many after the summer of love and covid ACT and SAT tests were no longer mandatory. Students could still submit them if they wanted which likely raised scores for many colleges as mostly the students who score well and think the score raises chances of admission were submitting them. This would make comparisons with prior years scores very difficult for any school that dropped that requirement which was a lot.
I want to say the tests have become mandatory part of admission process again at LSU like at some other schools, but I am not sure when that happened or even know for sure if that happened.
So a few things here:
1. LSU is still “test optional” according to the admissions website.
2. While LSU has everyone’s test scores (if they took them, which anyone with TOPS did), the reported entering freshman ACT scores only include students who opted to have their scores considered during admissions. I have not seen any data on what percentage of applications/admissions actually include test scores. This is the case going back to 2021 when LSU first went “test optional.”
3. LSU also uses superscore, instead of highest composite, since Fall 2023. This means they take the highest score from each subject area over multiple attempts.
When you combine these factors it is indeed difficult to really compare entering freshman ACT scores prior to 2021. That being said, entering freshman high school GPA’s (which are not optional) have been trending up as well.
So while it’s true that the shift to “test optional” and using superscores muddy the waters of the ACT score trend, there’s still not any real evidence (that I’ve seen) to support the idea that admission standards are actually declining.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 2:28 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
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hearing it’s Letlow. That would open up a seat in the US House.
This could be a way for Landry to keep her from running for senate against Cassidy.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 2:33 pm to Yellow Truck
Shut up baby dick
Posted on 5/19/25 at 2:38 pm to The Egg
Good he sucked.
Just because he was "not as bad" as people thought he would be, doesn't mean he was good.
LSU deserves better.
Just because he was "not as bad" as people thought he would be, doesn't mean he was good.
LSU deserves better.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 2:41 pm to anc
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My youngest would probably choose LSU but its probably not in the cards because of out of state tuition.
The GPA and ACT/SAT requirement for out of state to be waived aren't too bad, so your youngest might qualify. First kid met the standard, second didn't because of too low ACT/SAT. Barely missed. Got accepted, but didn't get out of state waived.
I didn't realize LSU ended the in-state for kids of alumni who meet the standards for admission. Seems like that would be a decent recruiting tool to help ensure loyal, generations of alumni, i.e. donor base.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 2:44 pm to GeauxTigers1234566
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GeauxTigers1234566
Member since Sep 2023
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Now THAT is some restraint and discipline!
Posted on 5/19/25 at 2:51 pm to ragincajun03
Matt Lee as interim president.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:02 pm to ragincajun03
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The GPA and ACT/SAT requirement for out of state to be waived aren't too bad, so your youngest might qualify. First kid met the standard, second didn't because of too low ACT/SAT. Barely missed. Got accepted, but didn't get out of state waived.
I didn't realize LSU ended the in-state for kids of alumni who meet the standards for admission. Seems like that would be a decent recruiting tool to help ensure loyal, generations of alumni, i.e. donor base.
No one can tell us what it is. They say it doesn't exist.
She's a 4.0/30 right now. Has her senior year next year to raise it.
This post was edited on 5/19/25 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:04 pm to Upperdecker
Big upgrade? Hardly. Rutgers is a state school, not some Ivy League institution. Every Guido can get in there. And it’s in… New Jersey. A complete dump perennially run by leftists. Any SEC school is nice than that shithole.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:10 pm to anc
No one can tell us what it is. They say it doesn't exist.
LSU is very vague when it comes to scholarship offerings. My husband and I are both alumni. All along, they couldn’t tell us whether or not they would offer legacy to us for being alumni. They barely offered anything to my 36 ACT/4.6 GPA son. Only after he decided to go out of state did they come back and say they would add 1000/year on top of what they originally offered. He is still going out of state. You will get no up front offer from them. They do what they want when they want.
LSU is very vague when it comes to scholarship offerings. My husband and I are both alumni. All along, they couldn’t tell us whether or not they would offer legacy to us for being alumni. They barely offered anything to my 36 ACT/4.6 GPA son. Only after he decided to go out of state did they come back and say they would add 1000/year on top of what they originally offered. He is still going out of state. You will get no up front offer from them. They do what they want when they want.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:12 pm to Lou Loomis
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Big upgrade? Hardly. Rutgers is a state school, not some Ivy League institution
Rutgers is 41 in USNews rankings. LSU is 179.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:14 pm to Aforem7
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Since he took over they have built two new dorms, renovated multiple other dorms, remodeled the Art & Design Complex, fully renovated the Food Science building, are in the process of building a multi-disciplinary science building, renovated the vet school, and are preparing to build a new library in the coming year just to name a few. And that's all within 3.5 years.
Not an enemy of Tates but a lot of that was already baked in years before he got here. When I left LSU in 2017 we already knew about the studio arts building getting a revamp. Same with the plan to tear down Middleton and go back to the crucifix quad. Infrastructure projects like that don’t happen that fast under anyone.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:15 pm to lostinbr
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1. LSU is still “test optional” according to the admissions website.
quote:. Both of these are not good. At least with the superscore a comparison could take the highest composite of each entering freshman and compare it prior years even if that score wasn’t used for admission. LSU really needs to go back to requiring these tests with a minimum score as part of admission for all students. I just hope the left hasn’t found a way to get these tests dumbed down.
3. LSU also uses superscore, instead of highest composite, since Fall 2023. This means they take the highest score from each subject area over multiple attempts.
quote:I don’t trust some of the improvements in GPAs post summer of love and covid along with length of online learning for some areas especially when most reports were saying students struggled being out of class and when first back. It seems like some states are just now getting back to where they were.
That being said, entering freshman high school GPA’s (which are not optional) have been trending up as well.
I also don’t trust public schools districts to be consistent across the state and to not pad grades or just make some classes easier. Even within a school or district teachers can vary greatly. Our kid had a substitute AP teacher for almost half the year due to regular teacher’s pregnancy leave, and that permanent sub for 1st half of the year was more detailed and pushed the kids to learn more than the real teacher did when she came back at some point in January. With regular teacher back our kid quit having to study as much for the class by a lot, and his grades immediately jumped up to almost a 100 in last 2 terms. It ended up being his worst score on his AP exams.
ACT and SAT testing and even state testing to a certain extent are a way to account for stronger and weaker schools/districts and for grade inflation.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:22 pm to EST
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Does anyone have any EVIDENCE that the governor ran Tate off...or do just accept opinions as fact
No one is saying Landry forced him out or ran him off, however if you can’t see the immediate friction between Tate and Landry that began the moment he was sworn in you’re blind.
What people are saying is that a university president looking for a bigger/more prestigious opportunity is always happening; but the constant meddling and overzealous political involvement by Landry resulted in a more active wandering eye for Tate.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:26 pm to Lou Loomis
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Big upgrade? Hardly. Rutgers is a state school, not some Ivy League institution. Every Guido can get in there. And it’s in… New Jersey. A complete dump perennially run by leftists. Any SEC school is nice than that shithole.
While I would never want to go live in NJ and I love LSU, Rutgers is roundly considered a better, more prestigious school than LSU and has a $2B endowment compared to LSU’s $0.64B endowment.
If you’re an academic president, these kind of perceptions and financial figures matter
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:33 pm to Shaun176
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Rutgers is 41 in USNews rankings. LSU is 179.
Rutgers is also a member of the American Association of Universities. Only Texas, A&M, Vandy and Florida qualify from the SEC.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 3:34 pm to lostinbr
I think the logical conclusion would be that it is easier to be admitted now to LSU, as compared to say, 2015.
The good news is the athletes don't even have to pretend to go to class anymore.
The good news is the athletes don't even have to pretend to go to class anymore.
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