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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 669172" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>Yes. In fact, there is a fairly good predictor for college performance: high school GPA. This works much better then standardized tests and has for some time. Schools use standardized test scores to, essentially, wash out part of the applicant pool so that the admissions office can concentrate on decisions for the slots available. That is borderline justifiable because the SAT/ACT do have <em>some</em> predictive value; it just isn't as good as GPA is. Problem = the kinds of players everybody here is drooling over usually have low GPAs and low SAT/ACT scores. NB: this does not mean that they are dumb - far from it - only that they haven't put in the effort to make good grades in high school and don't see any reason why they should in college either. And they are right: most prime time linemen - that's what we are talking about here - have plenty of choices. Why go someplace where you have to work hard when you have coaches telling you that you can make it in the NFL from their school <em>and</em> you learn (unofficially, of course) that you won't have to break your neck to do it? It's a problem that Tech has always had and it has gotten worse recently. The NCAA progress regs have helped a bit, but not enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 669172, member: 265"] Yes. In fact, there is a fairly good predictor for college performance: high school GPA. This works much better then standardized tests and has for some time. Schools use standardized test scores to, essentially, wash out part of the applicant pool so that the admissions office can concentrate on decisions for the slots available. That is borderline justifiable because the SAT/ACT do have [I]some[/I] predictive value; it just isn't as good as GPA is. Problem = the kinds of players everybody here is drooling over usually have low GPAs and low SAT/ACT scores. NB: this does not mean that they are dumb - far from it - only that they haven't put in the effort to make good grades in high school and don't see any reason why they should in college either. And they are right: most prime time linemen - that's what we are talking about here - have plenty of choices. Why go someplace where you have to work hard when you have coaches telling you that you can make it in the NFL from their school [I]and[/I] you learn (unofficially, of course) that you won't have to break your neck to do it? It's a problem that Tech has always had and it has gotten worse recently. The NCAA progress regs have helped a bit, but not enough. [/QUOTE]
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