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re: LSU admitted 433 students who did not meet GPA or ACT requirements
Posted on 11/9/18 at 12:32 pm to Parmen
Posted on 11/9/18 at 12:32 pm to Parmen
Sad! The failing LSU is hoping that raising their diversity will help them stay afloat
LSU is the Cortana mall and the university of Louisiana is the internet
LSU is the Cortana mall and the university of Louisiana is the internet
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Posted on 11/9/18 at 12:45 pm to go_tigres
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he has to write a paper on the diversity of the honors college. His topic is “are we diversifying for the sake of diversity or are we ensuring diversity amongst like-like students”.
Thank God I graduated and am done with college. Stupid shite like this slays me.
This post was edited on 11/9/18 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 11/9/18 at 12:49 pm to Parmen
Either diversity or a large check from someone with a stupid kid.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 12:54 pm to Wayne Campbell
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What are the requirements? They don't seem to be listed anywhere on the Admissions page. When you go to the "Requirements" page, they just put ranges for ACT or SAT scores. And GPA ranges aren't even listed.
The OP is kind of misleading. There aren't really hard-line requirements anymore. LSU changed to the holistic method, which is referred to in the article.
I commented on tRant a few months ago when this started that the University of Chicago has always used this approach in their admissions. The idea is that a student who may not have the overall test scores or GPA of his/her peers may still be a good fit academically, depending on what they want to pursue.
Granted, a "good fit" is subjective, and could be agenda driven. However, the method is not a bad idea theoretically, as long as it's applied without solely trying to meet arbitrary quotas of diversity.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 1:56 pm to Parmen
Some of them might be exceptional athletes.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 1:57 pm to el Gaucho
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the university of Louisiana is the internet
University of Louisiana at Monroe?
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:02 pm to Parmen
This is the kind of shite that happens when pel grants and student loans are so easily obtainable . Hundreds of dipshits who have no business being in college figure "better than getting a job" and schools bypass their standards cuz "hey easy money"
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:03 pm to Parmen
It’s almost like some people don’t realize athletes don’t have to meet the school requirements, only the SEC requirements. And a 21.3 average is still well above what the SEC requires.
This post was edited on 11/9/18 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:07 pm to Parmen
The university of Louisiana is in Lafayette
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:10 pm to Parmen
Admitting because they can charge more for out of state tuition?
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:12 pm to Dire Wolf
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Ironically it’s probably rich white folks from out of state
Rich people paying out of state for LSU.
Killing it!!!
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:14 pm to TheAstroTiger
Dang Astro, wish I would’ve known this instead of wasting my time in Physics in High School to fulfill an LSU requirement. I had a 30 on the ACT and a 4.1 weighted GPA so I’m sure I could’ve used that exception as well. I also did a lot of community service.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:16 pm to FightnBobLafollette
It's really simple. The state has flipped the financial model on its head. LSU used to be majority state funded, now they are damn close to being exclusively tuition funded.
LSU knows what their operating expenses are and had to ensure the proper amount of tuition money was brought in
Why hate on them for this? As a former private HS administrator, I can tell you most privately funded schools adjust admission standards to accomodate their funding needs.
I'd also be willing to bet a good % of those special admits were athletes
LSU knows what their operating expenses are and had to ensure the proper amount of tuition money was brought in
Why hate on them for this? As a former private HS administrator, I can tell you most privately funded schools adjust admission standards to accomodate their funding needs.
I'd also be willing to bet a good % of those special admits were athletes
This post was edited on 11/9/18 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:59 pm to Tigeralum2008
LSU has made a tremendous push in TX to attract students. They spent a lot of time and effort for the past 7 years to attract students to pay out of state tuition. They recognize the problem with UT and A&M with getting the cream of the crop and the schools are so good and competitive it is difficult to get in.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 4:00 pm to Garden of Asik
Yea I am sure you could have, but why go though the aggravation if you don't have to? I am sure you were just making a backwards comment, but you most definitely could have got an exception.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 4:12 pm to Parmen
How many were athletes?
Posted on 11/9/18 at 4:26 pm to Parmen
The fact that someone who makes a 3.0 GPA at a run down public school isn't weighted against someone who makes say a 2.8 at a private high school with much more demanding academics is a problem. You can't convince me that the kid from the below average public is smarter or works harder than the kid from the private school. There's gotta be different requirements relative to the quality of high school you attended.
This post was edited on 11/9/18 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 11/9/18 at 5:47 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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This is the kind of shite that happens when pel grants and student loans are so easily obtainable .
I had pell grants and believe me that federal government has made that money back many times over through my tax dollars.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 6:10 pm to reauxl tigers
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The fact that someone who makes a 3.0 GPA at a run down public school isn't weighted against someone who makes say a 2.8 at a private high school with much more demanding academics is a problem.
I bet the fancy schools have more grade inflation. At least, that’s how the colleges work.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:39 am to Jim Rockford
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Depends on your philosophy of what a university should be. If you think it should be a trade school, anything but STEM is a waste of time. Ideally the liberal arts teach you how to think critically (admittedly that's not always the case.) A lot of companies and other organizations are going to train you from the ground up anyway. Plenty of them recruit arts and sciences majors.
I agree wholeheartedly. However, going to a school with a $40k/yr tuition to get an liberal arts degree is almost always a bad idea. Also as you said about critical thinking, in my experience most schools do not cultivate this at all. I don't think it should be all STEM or trades because society needs artists, writers, journalists, etc. I just think too many people overvalue the "worth" of a college degree; this isn't the baby boomer days where getting any college degree pretty much set you on the path to comfortable middle-class living.
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