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LSU "Holistic" admissions?
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:25 am
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:25 am
LSU is moving from using GPA and ACT to a Holistic review that includes essays and letters of recommendations.
The positive is that it can include look at other determinants of success than GPA and ACT. Proponents also argue it will help with diversity.
Opponents worry about lowering standards and cronyism. Here is the advocates take:
Ballard editoral
What say ye PT?
The positive is that it can include look at other determinants of success than GPA and ACT. Proponents also argue it will help with diversity.
Opponents worry about lowering standards and cronyism. Here is the advocates take:
Ballard editoral
What say ye PT?
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Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:27 am to BigJim
95% dropout rate amongst those who get in because of this.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:28 am to BigJim
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Proponents also argue it will help with diversity.
literally the only reason for this approach
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:28 am to beerJeep
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95% dropout rate amongst those who get in because of this.
no way
LSU is easy as frick. it was easy as frick when i was there 2001-2005 and it's gotten easier
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:30 am to BigJim
LSU law school went down a similar path in the early 2000s. Bar passage rates haven’t been the same since.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:33 am to BigJim
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Opponents worry about lowering standards
LSU's standards aren't very high to begin with
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:33 am to Brosef Stalin
TOPS standards are insanely low and people lose their minds when a minimal increase is suggested to save the entire program
this is Louisiana in a nutshell:
ironically, once kids go to LSU, they then often leave the bucket and go to TX/GA
this is Louisiana in a nutshell:
ironically, once kids go to LSU, they then often leave the bucket and go to TX/GA
This post was edited on 9/11/18 at 9:35 am
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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literally the only reason for this approach
It's definitely a potential ulterior motive.
But I'd argue that high school grade inflation and an entire industry built around teaching kids how to perform well on the SAT/ACT is another reason.
Of course it all depends on what criteria the admissions officers are working off of. But in theory, I think there is a lot of merit to a holistic approach.
If I were a college, I'd rather a student with a 3.4 GPA who can articulate ideas clearly than a 3.9 student who can't write worth a damn.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:35 am to BigJim
LSU can't have all those Asian students cluttering up the classes.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:35 am to SlowFlowPro
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LSU is easy as frick. it was easy as frick when i was there 2001-2005 and it's gotten easier
Less than half graduate in 4 years, roughly 70% in 6. And that’s normal people who made the grades to get in.
Those who get into LSU without making the grades will fail out with haste. They won’t make it past the first round of feeder classes.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:35 am to UGATiger26
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But I'd argue that high school grade inflation and an entire industry built around teaching kids how to perform well on the SAT/ACT is another reason.
an argument for Harvard, not LSU
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:36 am to BigJim
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Proponents also argue it will help with diversity.
That is racist! Racism get yelled a lot in this country, but this statement is one of the TRUE examples of racism.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:36 am to SlowFlowPro
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an argument for Harvard, not LSU
Fair enough. I was just speaking in generalities.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:39 am to BigJim
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LSU "Holistic" admissions?
This is how GWB got into Yale and Harvard.
It was holi$tic.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:40 am to UGATiger26
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It's definitely a potential ulterior motive.
Yeah, a whole new way to recruit based on political beliefs.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:41 am to michael corleone
Lol, no it didn't.
LSU Law didn't give the first shite about essays or letters of rec
LSU Law didn't give the first shite about essays or letters of rec
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:42 am to BigJim
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Proponents also argue it will help with diversity, it only gives us the very best.
Hooray! Let's celebrate diversity.
This post was edited on 9/11/18 at 9:43 am
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:44 am to BigJim
Maybe there are not enough students with 23s on the ACT and 3.0 GPAs applying to LSU. By having a "holistic" approach to acceptance they can increase the admission numbers without saying you are lowering admission standards.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:45 am to BigJim
This has been used for years in Calif. Predictably, Asian applicants get extremely low scores on essays. Why? Because there are too many Asians at elite schools and it's an easy way to make room for blacks and Hispanics who score really low on ACT/SAT.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:46 am to GumboPot
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Maybe there are not enough students with 23s on the ACT and 3.0 GPAs applying to LSU. By having a "holistic" approach to acceptance they can increase the admission numbers without saying you are lowering admission standards.
Personally, this is what my cynical nature says. I think it is less about diversity and more about getting more students into seats which = tuition dollars.
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