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49RFootballNow
September 9th, 2011, 06:08 PM
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/05/2581429/at-bcs-schools-players-tend-to.html

Shocking, I know. xrolleyesx

I don't blame athletes for choosing "easier" majors. There's only so much time in a day.
bkrownd
September 9th, 2011, 09:42 PM
You could turn that on its head and ask why so many students are allowed to skip out on fully enriching their education with serious instruction in athletics, arts, politics, etc. I also remember students in the sciences and engineering who would "cluster" their elective liberal arts credits in certain courses that were perceived as "easy", and openly demonized the liberal arts in general. Many of them generally avoided courses that were not explicity required or in their degree field. I'm sure many of the liberal arts students did much the same when it came to fulfilling their math and science electives.
alvinkayak6
September 15th, 2011, 04:57 PM
You could turn that on its head and ask why so many students are allowed to skip out on fully enriching their education with serious instruction in athletics, arts, politics, etc.

It's because people respect their GPA's more than their actual educations. A GPA can unfortunately keep you out of graduate programs. I had a 3.9, and apparently it wasn't high enough to get me into graduate schools. Sucks but true.
Grizalltheway
September 15th, 2011, 05:23 PM
It's because people respect their GPA's more than their actual educations. A GPA can unfortunately keep you out of graduate programs. I had a 3.9, and apparently it wasn't high enough to get me into graduate schools. Sucks but true.

If it was that high, I'm guessing it was something else keeping you out of them...
alvinkayak6
September 16th, 2011, 10:52 AM
If it was that high, I'm guessing it was something else keeping you out of them...

I can't imagine why somebody wouldn't want me!

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bkrownd
September 16th, 2011, 05:03 PM
It's because people respect their GPA's more than their actual educations. A GPA can unfortunately keep you out of graduate programs. I had a 3.9, and apparently it wasn't high enough to get me into graduate schools. Sucks but true.

Getting in to grad school primarily comes down to 3 things: faculty recommendations first and foremost, your independent research work (published is a big plus), and GRE subject test scores (not the easy general test).