re: LSU admitted 433 students who did not meet GPA or ACT requirements

I agree with you, but really what this comes down to is how overpriced higher education has become. I don't have the statistics in front of me but the price of higher ed has far outpaced inflation.

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students may have dealt with personal trauma in high school or challenged themselves academically in ways that may not be reflected in their GPAs

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Public and private universities often take a more holistic view of applicants than just looking at GPA and test scores, which I think is appropriate. College student bodies should be diverse...in all aspects.

Bam is better than LSU now.. I say it’s mostly cause people want to go there for the football team and parties

I don’t know why people were laughing, all my friends that didn’t have the grades to get into LSU went to Alabama and Ole Miss. This was 15 years ago and I know that isn’t the case currently.

Why would they turn down free government money? Each kid they let in is a meal ticket. That is roughly $3million in free government money just for 1 year.

That pays for at LEAST 6523548 extra admin staff for the year. Obviously needed

That's about 2.5M worth of tuition.

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The idea that you have to go to college to lead a successful life needs to die. These kids are going to end up in mounds of debt and end up dropping out or with a worthless degree and no ability to find a job in their field.

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People with college degrees (no matter what it's in) outgain people without a college degree. Always have, always will. That's before getting into benefits, which white collar jobs fair out weight blue collar jobs. There's definitely cost benefit with the sharp increase in education costs, but the OT trade school narrative is just as dumb.

It's a simple ROI equation, and college gives you a better ROI almost every time.

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That's a horrible blanket statement to make

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Well, considering it's universally true, no its not.

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Everyone knows many people who did not go to college and are very successful.

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Of course, you obviously don't understand statistics.

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People with college degrees (no matter what it's in) outgain people without a college degree. Always have, always will. That's before getting into benefits, which white collar jobs fair out weight blue collar jobs. There's definitely cost benefit with the sharp increase in education costs, but the OT trade school narrative is just as dumb.

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When only considering college graduates you are correct, but what about the roughly half of all students that enroll at state colleges, and never graduate? These students should have been screened out, and steered to other types of job training, instead they are left with large debts, and no marketable skills. Within that population of college graduates you are going to find graduates with a 2.1GPAs in general studies, and frat life, most of these graduates will not earn more that a good welder or plumber during the course of their working life.

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mule fart alabama

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Lovely town really. Nice cost of living.