Real Jabari news thread

[Madison Grant]

Yeah, I think with Snoddy, Smelter and Zenon going down, I was hoping we might get to see a new weapon on the defensive side revealed at the OB to counter the offensive losses. But it was not to be. Georgia Tech just seems to have no mercy for athletes when it comes to academics. Hope Jabari doesn't get discouraged feeling he put out a hard effort and still came up short.

 

[Eric]

Also asked on his weight, was told 282 not 288.

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

Yeah, I think with Snoddy, Smelter and Zenon going down, I was hoping we might get to see a new weapon on the defensive side revealed at the OB to counter the offensive losses. But it was not to be. Georgia Tech just seems to have no mercy for athletes when it comes to academics. Hope Jabari doesn't get discouraged feeling he put out a hard effort and still came up short.

Georgia Tech has no mercy for anyone when it comes to academics. It is a merciless place, but for some reason, when you get out, you love it.....

 

[DCSS]

Georgia Tech has no mercy for anyone when it comes to academics. It is a merciless place, but for some reason, when you get out, you love it.....

I think it's called being institutionalized.

 

[bartoma]

Georgia Tech has no mercy for anyone when it comes to academics. It is a merciless place, but for some reason, when you get out, you love it.....

I dunno - when I got out (EE 87), I loved the place for the football and friends, and for the sense of accomplishment in surviving... My dad, on the other hand (AE 56), always seemed a good bit more bitter regarding his time there... Whenever we go to games, he always recounts the old stories of getting shafted by the Red Headed Bastard, a Chemistry prof... Lasting memories, for sure...

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

did they raise it? I thought i recall it being 3.0 during my time. maybe i forgot...ah crap, maybe 3.0 was deans list not honors...i bet thats it.

In the 60s it was above 3.0, but I don't remember exactly what it was. I was actually thinking 3.25, but that DOES seem a little hight

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

3.2 Honors 3.4 High Honors 3.6 Highest Honors

 

[Bruce Wayne]

CPJ was asked about it and gave a honest response.

No wonder CPJ doesnt like talking to the media.

CPJ got particularly tired of the way everyone reacted to things he would say about Vad Lee. I think the best strategy is to not try and expand from the strictest possible logical interpretation of anything he says.

 

[jeffgt14]

3.2 Honors 3.4 High Honors 3.6 Highest Honors

3.8 Sean Bedford Honors.

 

[Bigb]

3.2 Honors 3.4 High Honors 3.6 Highest Honors

http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/rules/13e.php

 

[dressedcheeseside]

Most of the bold is true...Except the attitude part. I have no clue where that is coming from...I know that is something that I haven't reported and that CPJ hasn't said.

The second bolded part....what CPJ quotes lead you to believe that?

Do you mean except that it was an issue of attitude or that it was corrected? If it was the latter, I just assumed that part, I guess from my own personal experience. If you're on the verge of flunking out (like I was), you either make a wholesale changes or you're gone.

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/rules/13e.php

Yes, they round up 3.15 to 3.2, so yes, this is correct....sorry I wasn't clearer. It is just like if you make 33.5 on the ACT, it is rounded to 34...

 

[Minawreck]

Yes, they round up 3.15 to 3.2, so yes, this is correct....sorry I wasn't clearer. It is just like if you make 33.5 on the ACT, it is rounded to 34...

No they don't. GPAs are carried to the hundredths.

 

[Bigb]

Yes, they round up 3.15 to 3.2, so yes, this is correct....sorry I wasn't clearer. It is just like if you make 33.5 on the ACT, it is rounded to 34...

No they don't. They wouldn't have set it at 3.15 if they round everything anyways.

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

No they don't. They wouldn't have set it at 3.15 if they round everything anyways.

We can agree to disagree if you like. We all knew in 1985 if we got our GPA to at least 3.15, we would graduate with honors, because that was considered 3.2. They put this in the manual so they don't have to answer the question over and over about what is equivalent to a 3.2. But it is rounded to the nearest tenth, so 3.15 is what is needed.

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

No they don't. GPAs are carried to the hundredths.

Yes, my GPA was shown to the hundredth place, but for honors, it had to be equivalent to a 3.2, so to make it clear, a 3.15 is considered a 3.2, not a 3.1. It is much simpler to show it as 3.15 in the manual, since like you say, it is shown as 3.xx on your grade report...

 

[Bigb]

we can agree to disagree, but you'll be wrong.

"Grade point averages are truncated after two decimal places."

http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/students/gpa.php

 

[GTMD]

Lol so much for the real Jabari news thread. Leave it to us Techies to have a football discussion degenerate into an argument about honors gpa

 

[jeffgt14]

Lol so much for the real Jabari news thread. Leave it to us Techies to have a football discussion degenerate into an argument about honors gpa

Tomorrow we can create the real real Jabari news thread.

 

[Eastman]

Y'all are making me glad I didn't go to Tech.
On another note why can't someone find a computer expert who can make appropriate grade and transcript "adjustments" so that Jabari and Whitehead can play in the bowl?