Talked to my nephew and he was boasting about osu's football team averaging a 3.5. He is an osu grad. I think it's phony. And the comparisons between Notre Dame's academics and theirs (a state school) would seem misguided by the truth. I think osu has simple standards and calls for less core credits. And they come nowhere close to ND in classes offered. Any ideas?
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There are also majors available to them that are a joke. In addition, they simply cheat. Like players never showing up to class and still passing or taking online courses where they don't do any actual work.
That being said, tOSU is a very good school and not necessarily easy to get into (for the general population).
wins and championships, not GPA that counts for athletes?
His thought have always been this.
The “real” classes for the most part weren’t much different in difficultly. The difference was, at MSU you could minimize the amount of those real classes you took in season and take the “blow off” classes that were automatic A’s that kept players eligible. Not to mention, allowed you to focus on football in season.
And if you weren’t there for school, there were majors available that keep almost anyone eligible.
So I wouldn’t be surprised if OSU had a high GPA. My guess is that is inflated by a lot of blow off classes and easy majors.
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Would no longer offer remedial courses. But, you could still transfer in if you attended a CC, do the work, get the grades, and get admitted later. So, they've pretty much said that you need to fulfill high school mandated curriculums in order to enroll.
Highly selective private unis expect you to have not only done your junior/high school work, but excelled to the point you're considered elite..,
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are on the same spectrum as ND’s. i recall reading part of Meyer’s contract allowed him 4 or 5 players per year no questions asked.
and then decided on tOSU. Several of them on full academic rides.
That being said, it is not EASY to get into tOSU Main Campus.
To me, that would indicate at the level of a Stanford or Northwestern. Thise two have far smaller enrollments that 70k, so that's why I was trying to figure out what you were getting at.
What Ohio mandated was the elimination of remedial courses at their public unis. That made them more difficult to get into. Far more difficult? I don't know, you could attend a CC, get your classes to where they should be, and transfer to tOSU. That's generally not what they do at highly selective schools, such as Northwestern/Stanford/Notre Dame. But, compared to 20 years ago, OSU is more difficult to get into...
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tougher standards for entry than the normal public university.
But the UCs recognize the quality of CA community colleges that they've instituted something called the TAG program. If a student is at a CA CC, and meets certain requirements, they're guaranteed admission to certain UC campuses, including outstanding ones, such as Santa Barbara, and Irvine. Apparently, high achieving CC students are considered just as competent as those admitted as freshmen.
If tOSU allows Ohio CC students to enroll after completing certain benchmarks, then, you're wrong, OH CCs are indeed comparable to tOSU...
There isn't some statewide rule though. And not all CCs qualify. I believe each school makes their own agreements. And it doesn't apply to only Public schools.
For example, in Dayton we have a phenomenal CC (Sinclair) and you can attend your first 2 years there and transfer directly into certain schools as a Junior. Some of those schools are:
Miami of Ohio (Public)
Wright State University
University of Dayton (Private)
Ohio University (Public)
And your yearly tuition at Sinclair? A whopping $4k.
It's almost a no brainer if you live in SW Ohio and are considering any of those schools. It's one of the reasons why having the government pay for college. When opportunities like this exist, ANYONE can afford college. Anyone.
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Columbus campus. Doesn't sound to selective to me. But, I believe Ohio changed enrollment criteria a few years ago. You had to be able to a higher level of math in order to be considered for any public uni campus. From memory, that would have cut student enrollment significantly. I'll do some digging, but if anyone out there can fill us in, please do so...
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