Date Posted:15:32:28 03/31/04 Wed Author: zipp Subject: Re: To: sader 1970 & All re: Duke SAT's In reply to:
Rick
's message, "To: sader 1970 & All re: Duke SAT's" on 15:00:30 03/31/04 Wed
Rick-
Yeah I have a comment, obviously Dean Velloccio....I mean, umm, ah, whoever made those comments to 1970 has an ax to grind...
it's good that the current duke team has some athletes who achieved academically in hs--some of their predecessors and the "no comments" for this roster have not--but don't presume that the nhs designation correlates to above a 950 sat--even in strong high schools grade inflation is rampant-i teach in a respected public long island school,and even though many of our nhs kids have high sat's,there are also many in the 900 range
" it's good that the current duke team has some athletes who achieved academically in hs--some of their predecessors and the "no comments" for this roster have not "
Umm....the terminology I chose to use was 'nothing noted' not 'no comments'. You appear to be suggesting that the absence of academic achievment for THREE of the TWELVE Duke kids is proof positive that they were sub-par academically.
Interestingly enough, if I'd have gone to HC's site and run the same exercise with our men's basketball roster, I'd have posted ELEVEN 'nothing noted's' or 'no comments' and ONE 'Was a member of the National Honor Society and a National Merit Scholar' ( Kevin Hyland ). I wonder how someone from Duke might interpret that ?
" but don't presume that the nhs designation correlates to above a 950 sat--even in strong high schools grade inflation is rampant-i teach in a respected public long island school,and even though many of our nhs kids have high sat's,there are also many in the 900 range. "
Sounds like you are very suspect of the National Honor Society. If you teach in a respected public long island school and you're 5-member Faculty Council is admitting 'many' students as members with SAT's in the 900 range, I'd suggest that your school isn't going to be respected much longer.
sat scores are not one of the criteria for admission to the nhs-many high schools,esp inner city ones where duke and other powers get their recruits, have nhs students with low sats--duke has taken many good students and many weak students as players--what annoys me is when people transfer the ave sat of the general student body to their athletes
