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re: Whose Kid Started LSU This Week? - Photos From Freshman Welcome Week
Posted on 8/27/25 at 9:19 am to Spaceman Spiff
Posted on 8/27/25 at 9:19 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Certainly is a common theme. Let's see those entrance exam scores...
75% of those kids don't belong in college. Will 20% graduate within 6 years, and with what degree ? Nothing but debt, and a worthless degree in liberal arts or some gender study program.
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Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:37 am to lsu777
quote:I understand that. Take was unchanged 4 years and did nothing about it while watching the school overcrowd. Academic rating also either stayed stagnant or slid during his time. If you run something for four years, you own it.
F King was the one that convinced the board and implemented the no test score policy. called it a holistic approach
From September 2021...
quote:Now...
BATON ROUGE, La. - LSU's ranking in the latest survey by U. S. News & World Report slipped 19 spots and the school is tied for 172nd among national universities
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tied for No. 179 in the U.S. News & World Report 2025 college
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 11:41 am
Posted on 8/27/25 at 2:39 pm to Jake88
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From September 2021...quote:
BATON ROUGE, La. - LSU's ranking in the latest survey by U. S. News & World Report slipped 19 spots and the school is tied for 172nd among national universities
Now...quote:quote:
tied for No. 179 in the U.S. News & World Report 2025 college
Which is surprising as many of these rankings started to include ESG/DEI in rankings.
Anyone who watched the August 2022 Honors dorm sista brawl with the boob flash, read about the later crimes that seemed to include outdoor areas around the honors dorm which would get some non-student visitors from the North, saw the video of the classroom in fall of 2023 where people wouldn’t shut up during a lecture in a larger classroom, and spent any time on campus could see what was happening regardless of the fluff numbers LSU and Tate pushed in press releases and the hiring of non-DEI athletic coaches.
If standards were actually increasing you wouldn’t see Tate celebrate breaking record of the % of Pell Grant qualifiers of a freshman class, continue standardized testing being voluntary for admissions and scholarships, and openly compare ACT scoring to prior years as proof of increasing quality despite knowing that scoring was inflated due to being voluntary and since 2023 the “composite” scores being reported were based on the Super Score.
Standardized testing helps to account for differing qualities and standards of education between schools and school districts as well as for the grade inflation done by some schools and districts. Until they are mandatory again and based on the true composite score the GPAs of the incoming freshman classes will always have an asterisk mark, and any comparison to prior years’ GPA data of freshmen enrollees will be tainted.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 2:47 pm to dallastigers
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Tate’s increase in the number of blacks was 6 times greater than Alexander’s increase
Restaurant gets a black manager - number of black customers increases
Grocery store gets a black manager - number of black customers increases
It's black community support of a black LSU president
It's a twist on the old support black businesses policy from 100+ years ago.
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Blacks buying from Black businesses is a long-standing tradition rooted in self-sufficiency and mutual support, dating back to the antebellum era and flourishing in the 20th-century "golden age" of Black-owned businesses during Jim Crow segregation. Movements like "Buy Where You Can Work" in the 1930s and the creation of directories and apps today demonstrate a continuous effort to strengthen the Black community by keeping money circulating within it.
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Organizations and platforms like ByBlack.us and apps like Blackbusinessgrainbook.com help consumers find and support Black-owned businesses.
Not trying to single out the black community. Italians, Irish, Asians - they've all had similar practices in the past.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 3:45 pm to slinger1317
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And when did LSU become a HBCU
Blacks make up under 20% of the student population. Is that the typical demographic for an HCB? Whites, around 57 %. The state of Louisiana is 31% Black and 58% white. No need to get your panties in a wad.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 3:50 pm to 91TIGER
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75% of those kids don't belong in college. Will 20% graduate within 6 years,
The official six-year graduation rate for entering undergraduate students at LSU was 67.4% for the 2023 academic year.
Where did you go to college? Louisiana Tech University has a graduation rate of 59% (6-year period).
The great thing about America is you can fail, then pick yourself up again and succeed.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 4:01 pm to mdomingue
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Blacks make up under 20% of the student population. Is that the typical demographic for an HCB? Whites, around 57 %. The state of Louisiana is 31% Black and 58% white. No need to get your panties in a wad.
Exactly. People get mad when minorities are at home living off the state and now mad they are going to the state flagship college at a similar rate to the state's population.
Kids from the upper echelon schools like Newman have been going out of state for a long time now. Black or white, Louisiana public and catholic high schools are not the greatest from an academic standpoint - and neither is LSU.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 4:05 pm to TxWadingFool
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Posted on 8/27/25 at 4:11 pm to jsquardjj
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Exactly. People get mad when minorities are at home living off the state and now mad they are going to the state flagship college at a similar rate to the state's population.
People think this is some woke stuff. The state of Louisiana has been trying to get more Blacks at LSU and Whites at Southern since I was a senior in HS (HS Class of 80). My counselor told me she could get me a full ride to Southern. I told her my heart was set on LSU. At LSU in 1980-81 they had a program where some Southern courses were offered at LSU and LSU courses at Southern. That went away, probably 5 years or so down the road. Seemed idiotic to me.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 4:20 pm to slinger1317
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This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 8/27/25 at 4:28 pm to Shexter
the twerking and duck lips will stop when the free stuff is over and they actually have to do some work
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 8/27/25 at 4:55 pm to dallastigers
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Anyone who watched the August 2022 Honors dorm sista brawl with the boob flash, read about the later crimes that seemed to include outdoor areas around the honors dorm which would get some non-student visitors from the North, saw the video of the classroom in fall of 2023 where people wouldn’t shut up during a lecture in a larger classroom, and spent any time on campus could see what was happening regardless of the fluff numbers LSU and Tate pushed in press releases and the hiring of non-DEI athletic coaches.
If standards were actually increasing you wouldn’t see Tate celebrate breaking record of the % of Pell Grant qualifiers of a freshman class, continue standardized testing being voluntary for admissions and scholarships, and openly compare ACT scoring to prior years as proof of increasing quality despite knowing that scoring was inflated due to being voluntary and since 2023 the “composite” scores being reported were based on the Super Score.
Standardized testing helps to account for differing qualities and standards of education between schools and school districts as well as for the grade inflation done by some schools and districts. Until they are mandatory again and based on the true composite score the GPAs of the incoming freshman classes will always have an asterisk mark, and any comparison to prior years’ GPA data of freshmen enrollees will be tainted.
This guy gets it
Posted on 8/27/25 at 5:02 pm to jsquardjj
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People get mad when minorities are at home living off the state and now mad they are going to the state flagship college at a similar rate to the state's population.
I don't think most people would mind if the LSU population matched that of the state if all people making up the LSU population had to earn their spot through GPA and test score requirements. It's the flagship school. It shouldn't let everyone in just because they want to get in. Everyone doesn't get a trophy.
Ultimately, this is all about tuition money. LSU is a bloated pig. It wants all of the tuition money it can get. Academic reputation be damned.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 6:48 pm to Shexter
That link had more pop up ads than a 2000s porn site
Posted on 8/28/25 at 10:37 am to The Torch
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95% of those fresh will drop/flunk out
Not if DEI professors are still in place.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 11:00 am to Shexter
Mine did. 3rd gen. she didn't go to any welcome week stuff - rush was going on. To the person that mentioned entrance exam scores - 33 act 1370 sat - 3+3 - she's smarter than you...
Posted on 8/28/25 at 11:31 am to Dingeaux
Not specifically responding to you... The issue people are having is that LSU is not exactly lying about test scores, but they're being vague about them. There's zero reason to report "ACT averages" at a test-optional school without any other information. It's a meaningless number. How many people submitted them? 7?
According to ACT.org, the average composite scores by race for 2024 are:
National Average of All Races: 19.4
Black/AA: 16.0
White: 20.9
Hispanic/Latino: 17.4
Asian: 24.1
No response: 18.3
Also from ACT.org, Louisiana's 2024 average: 18.2
And don't come in here and say all of the kids from the northeast are raising that score. Most of those schools only test a fraction of their kids. For example:
Massachusetts - 26.1 with 7% of graduates tested
New Jersey - 24.1 with 10% of graduates tested
Virginia - 24.8 with 8% of graduates tested
Average 2024 Test Scores by State
According to ACT.org, the average composite scores by race for 2024 are:
National Average of All Races: 19.4
Black/AA: 16.0
White: 20.9
Hispanic/Latino: 17.4
Asian: 24.1
No response: 18.3
Also from ACT.org, Louisiana's 2024 average: 18.2
And don't come in here and say all of the kids from the northeast are raising that score. Most of those schools only test a fraction of their kids. For example:
Massachusetts - 26.1 with 7% of graduates tested
New Jersey - 24.1 with 10% of graduates tested
Virginia - 24.8 with 8% of graduates tested
Average 2024 Test Scores by State
This post was edited on 8/28/25 at 11:38 am
Posted on 8/28/25 at 11:38 am to HouseMom
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The issue people are having is that LSU is not exactly lying about test scores, but they're being vague about them. There's zero reason to report "ACT averages" at a test-optional school without any other information. It's a meaningless number. How many people submitted them? 7?
Correct.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 11:43 am to Shexter
not mine. he resumed
graduating in Dec
graduating in Dec
Posted on 8/28/25 at 11:45 am to Shexter
Most of those pictures smell terrible
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