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re: LSU becoming more selective with admissions after nearly a decade of increasing enrollment
Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:07 pm to Shexter
Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:07 pm to Shexter
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the university is interested in bringing in students with a 30 or above on the ACT.
How about waive out of state tuition for students with a 30? That would be a good way to make LSU attractive to top students.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:12 pm to Shexter
Would this have happened had Tate still been there?
Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:33 pm to nicholastiger
quote:
pass a weed test
If you can't smoke weed in college, then what's the point?
Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:40 pm to Shexter
I think this is a solid approach and has been due for a long time. Even before going test optional; LSU's entrance requirements have been laughable. Make the flagship campus more prestigious and boost enrollment at the satellite campuses and UL system schools.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:45 pm to Shexter
No more twerking after receiving an African studies degree?
Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:50 pm to Shexter
Great news for those of us with degrees from LSU.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 2:58 pm to Tiger Prawn
The ACT was required back when I started in 1980. But back then, state law required all public universities to accept any student (or at least one parent, really) who was a Louisiana resident. So there were remedial courses available for all the basic freshman courses. That all went away when the current community college system was set up, rightly so.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 3:00 pm to Shexter
This is actually a pretty great plan. It allows for underperforming students to work their way to the flagship by using the feeder program, and it elevates the status of the flagship.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 3:01 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
quote:
I think this is a solid approach and has been due for a long time.
The 3.5 gpa thing is terrible
Public schools give you a 4.0 for showing up. The act used to be somewhat impartial but it seems like it has been watered down bigtime. But even back in the day you’d get a 22 for writing your name
Posted on 8/28/26 at 3:08 pm to el Gaucho
My HS QB got a 13. Played at McNeese and graduated. Two of our RBs were rumored to have gotten a 6 and a 7, which happened to be their football numbers. They went SU for a year or so then dropped out. IIRC 21 was the minimum for LSU in 1985.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 3:22 pm to Casual
I’m not sure what they’re offering now, but with a 3.6 and a 30 on the ACT LSU was still almost $30k/year out of state in the late 2010s. If I wasn’t die hard P&G, I would’ve laughed at them and been a Faggie.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 3:36 pm to Zeta_Zeta
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I’m not sure what they’re offering now, but with a 3.6 and a 30 on the ACT LSU
I can tell you certainly that a 35 ACT and perfect GPA does not guarantee a full ride at LSU.
There are very few of those handed out.
Posted on 8/28/26 at 3:37 pm to Shexter
This has da lil govnah written all over it
Posted on 8/28/26 at 5:17 pm to boxcarbarney
That was just a minimum GPA to get in, and in practice you probably weren’t getting in with that GPA unless you had some almost off the walls ACT or SAT score.
Also, average high school GPAs were lower back then. Grade inflation began around the mid-1980s, but the inflation was low enough at first that nobody even realized it was happening until around 2000.
Also, average high school GPAs were lower back then. Grade inflation began around the mid-1980s, but the inflation was low enough at first that nobody even realized it was happening until around 2000.
This post was edited on 8/28/26 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 8/28/26 at 5:30 pm to Shexter
I remember when you needed a 3.0 High school GPA and a 22 on the ACT. Transfer students needed a 3.0 gpa in college courses. This was in 2013, so by 2016, John Bel and F.King killed it to what it is now? Lord.
This post was edited on 8/28/26 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 8/28/26 at 6:15 pm to Shexter
Only pro athletes?
This post was edited on 8/28/26 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 8/28/26 at 6:22 pm to Shexter
Good to see things starting to go back to the way they should be
Posted on 8/28/26 at 6:22 pm to Burt Reynolds
even if it is, so what?
Posted on 8/28/26 at 6:25 pm to Lawyered
quote:
Diversity no longer a strength ?
Never was
Posted on 8/28/26 at 6:48 pm to SlickRickerz
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I remember when you needed a 3.0 High school GPA and a 22 on the ACT. Transfer students needed a 3.0 gpa in college courses. This was in 2013, so by 2016, John Bel and F.King killed it to what it is now? Lord.
Students didn’t need to submit ACT/SAT scores for admissions or scholarship consideration including the new fall of 2026 freshman enrollees. They went entirely holistic while Tate pushed to admit record numbers. He gave out a lot of scholarships and honor college admissions that didnt have ACTs to help guard against inflated GPAs.
While doing this the white % of freshmen enrollees dropped below 50% in both the fall of 2024 and fall of 2025. Tate made sure whites even dropped in total numbers while he was pushing to increase enrollment numbers.
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