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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 2897" data-source="post: 428920"><p>That's part of what I was getting at. I think TStan was a little off with his (tongue in cheek) comment about how we're not as smart as people think we are. Yes, Georgia Tech people are smart. There are also smart kids who go to other colleges. One big thing that makes us unique is the work ethic it instilled in people in order to get out. When I was in college, I went back through yearbook type books we had at the fraternity house, and pretty much decade by decade from the 50s, 60s, 70s, the average GPA on campus increased 0.1. It was like 2.4x in the 50s and I'm pretty sure it was very close to 2.9-ish when I was graduating in the mid 90s. When the professor has a curve and 10% F, 20% D, 40% C, 20% B, 10%A (or whatever) regardless of if everybody was a B student in high school or regardless of if the class was nothing but valedictorians, you can no longer survive because you are smart. You have to outwork everyone. That's the big difference. I think today's students are on average smarter, more talented academically, and have elevated our reputation from where it was. We are much more selective than we used to be. But I still think its a fair statement to say the school is not as hard as it used to be. That's not to say its not hard, but it is what it is when the GPA is so much more inflated. A 97% retention rate is a 97% retention rate.</p><p></p><p>I think that's where TStan should spend his time - not worrying about the "I Got Out" - but rather to speak to reality. Prospective students and prospective student-athletes shouldn't be scared about window dressing. The 97% retention rate dispels any myth that the school is extremely hard and you're going to fail out. Not any more. You show up, try hard, and put in the work, and you'll be fine. You may not make an A (or even a B, LOL). That's not the way it used to be. Use today's data to dispel any fears.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 2897, post: 428920"] That's part of what I was getting at. I think TStan was a little off with his (tongue in cheek) comment about how we're not as smart as people think we are. Yes, Georgia Tech people are smart. There are also smart kids who go to other colleges. One big thing that makes us unique is the work ethic it instilled in people in order to get out. When I was in college, I went back through yearbook type books we had at the fraternity house, and pretty much decade by decade from the 50s, 60s, 70s, the average GPA on campus increased 0.1. It was like 2.4x in the 50s and I'm pretty sure it was very close to 2.9-ish when I was graduating in the mid 90s. When the professor has a curve and 10% F, 20% D, 40% C, 20% B, 10%A (or whatever) regardless of if everybody was a B student in high school or regardless of if the class was nothing but valedictorians, you can no longer survive because you are smart. You have to outwork everyone. That's the big difference. I think today's students are on average smarter, more talented academically, and have elevated our reputation from where it was. We are much more selective than we used to be. But I still think its a fair statement to say the school is not as hard as it used to be. That's not to say its not hard, but it is what it is when the GPA is so much more inflated. A 97% retention rate is a 97% retention rate. I think that's where TStan should spend his time - not worrying about the "I Got Out" - but rather to speak to reality. Prospective students and prospective student-athletes shouldn't be scared about window dressing. The 97% retention rate dispels any myth that the school is extremely hard and you're going to fail out. Not any more. You show up, try hard, and put in the work, and you'll be fine. You may not make an A (or even a B, LOL). That's not the way it used to be. Use today's data to dispel any fears. [/QUOTE]
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