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<blockquote data-quote="BCJacket" data-source="post: 510340" data-attributes="member: 2332"><p>Tried to find some good data on minimum GPA/SAT scores for admittance vs overall D1 Football player pool. Couldn't find any data sets.</p><p></p><p>But there's a handful of reports that have been done using open records requests: This one from the AJC is a few years old, but very interesting <a href="http://investigations.myajc.com/football-admissions/" target="_blank">http://investigations.myajc.com/football-admissions/</a></p><p></p><p>Can't find data, but from all my reading; <u>I'm confident in saying that Tech Football <em>can </em>get in any student who meets the NCAA eligibility requirements.</u> Per the AJC report, during CPJ's tenure, we once took a kid with a 590 SAT score... Our Football team has a GPA ~450 points below the general admissions. We need Presidential approval for special admits. But I think the idea that there's a huge number of kids that can't get in here is a misnomer. I'm open to other data/information contrary to this, but that's what I've found.</p><p></p><p>Now, are there kids who won't be successful once they get here? Absolutely. The recruiters have to try to identify that. But there's plenty of hardworking kids that might not have the raw IQ. But with enough tutoring they can get a C- in calculus and move on. That's where the $$$ matters. Having enough academic support, tutoring, resource, interventions, advising, to help those kids succeed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BCJacket, post: 510340, member: 2332"] Tried to find some good data on minimum GPA/SAT scores for admittance vs overall D1 Football player pool. Couldn't find any data sets. But there's a handful of reports that have been done using open records requests: This one from the AJC is a few years old, but very interesting [URL]http://investigations.myajc.com/football-admissions/[/URL] Can't find data, but from all my reading; [U]I'm confident in saying that Tech Football [I]can [/I]get in any student who meets the NCAA eligibility requirements.[/U] Per the AJC report, during CPJ's tenure, we once took a kid with a 590 SAT score... Our Football team has a GPA ~450 points below the general admissions. We need Presidential approval for special admits. But I think the idea that there's a huge number of kids that can't get in here is a misnomer. I'm open to other data/information contrary to this, but that's what I've found. Now, are there kids who won't be successful once they get here? Absolutely. The recruiters have to try to identify that. But there's plenty of hardworking kids that might not have the raw IQ. But with enough tutoring they can get a C- in calculus and move on. That's where the $$$ matters. Having enough academic support, tutoring, resource, interventions, advising, to help those kids succeed. [/QUOTE]
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