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Date Posted: 00:36:17 04/01/04 Thu
Author: Gate Raider
Subject: Disregard HS GPA's and NHS
In reply to: sader1970 's message, "HC direction" on 07:16:03 03/31/04 Wed

When talking about the academic quality of HS students as posted on a college athletic page take it with a grain of salt. First, because of the large disparity of high schools one could be first is his class at school A and 100 if he was at school B. Second, NHS doesn't count for much for the same reason. Third, the standard for a HS academic/athletic honor roll can be very low. Fourth, the difficulty of the classes taken must be considered. For these reasons colleges require the SAT which allows them to predict the chance for success of the student in their first year at the subject college. In addition, since at HC and Colgate something like 25% of the students are on varisty teams, these schools can't lower their standards very much or their overall SAT average will suffer. Colgates average SAT for the class of 2007 was 1380 including the athletes. Now, you are simply not going to have many 1100 SAT's in that group - some yes, many no. There are thousands of good HS athletes with SAT's over 1200. I don't know about HC but, at Colgate a teams SAT and GPA must reflect that of the overall student body.

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[> [> Re: Disregard HS GPA's and NHS -- sader1970, 07:15:04 04/01/04 Thu

Come on, Gate Raider, you DO know about HC which like Colgate and all other PL schools subscribe to the following:

"The Patriot League, which was founded on the principles of admitting athletes who are academically representative of their class, is in its second decade of academic and athletic achievement. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education." (Patriot League website)

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[> [> Got Me -- Gate Raider, 00:55:38 04/02/04 Fri

I do remember reading that. However, I don't know if there is a follow up by the PL. I doubt it. And, Geez, don't take offense at the above Hornung post. It was a feeble attempt at a joke, although, I think Hornung meant it and I don't think he is racist. Actually, as has been pointed out, ND already has more black players than many of its competitors.

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