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<blockquote data-quote="dressedcheeseside" data-source="post: 39108" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>So you are saying there are "quite a few" elite football players who are also elite students who value the 40 yr plan over the 4 yr plan and you say there quite a few in the metro Atlanta area? I don't know about that. Let's assume you are correct. Even if they exist as you say, guys who are that serious about their academics, most likely have a very specific academic plan figured out. They know what they want to do and they know what it takes to get there. Here's where our limited offerings shoots us in the foot. Hell, even if the kid is dead set on becoming an engineer, Stanford has a higher ranked program. Most likely it's in a field we don't offer. Most likely the kid, or his mama, will be swayed by the overall prestige of the institute and we still lose to Stanford and ND, etc. </p><p></p><p>Our best target is the elite athlete, elite student, who wants to be an engineer or technical whatever, lives in the Atlanta area and wants to stay close to home. Almost any other scenario and we're second fiddle. I went to Tech and love my school so I'm not selling GT short for dubious reasons. I'm just looking at it objectively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dressedcheeseside, post: 39108, member: 77"] So you are saying there are "quite a few" elite football players who are also elite students who value the 40 yr plan over the 4 yr plan and you say there quite a few in the metro Atlanta area? I don't know about that. Let's assume you are correct. Even if they exist as you say, guys who are that serious about their academics, most likely have a very specific academic plan figured out. They know what they want to do and they know what it takes to get there. Here's where our limited offerings shoots us in the foot. Hell, even if the kid is dead set on becoming an engineer, Stanford has a higher ranked program. Most likely it's in a field we don't offer. Most likely the kid, or his mama, will be swayed by the overall prestige of the institute and we still lose to Stanford and ND, etc. Our best target is the elite athlete, elite student, who wants to be an engineer or technical whatever, lives in the Atlanta area and wants to stay close to home. Almost any other scenario and we're second fiddle. I went to Tech and love my school so I'm not selling GT short for dubious reasons. I'm just looking at it objectively. [/QUOTE]
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