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re: Ranking the SEC schools academically?
Posted on 1/3/13 at 3:16 pm to Govt Tide
Posted on 1/3/13 at 3:16 pm to Govt Tide
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I always love that qualifier "I have heard". Forgets facts or hard data, I guess that's all that's needed to make something the gospel truth
That is from talking to several HS Guidance Counselors when discussing UA va AU. Alabama has had a huge push to increase enrollment, as a result they have opened the floodgates on HS enrollment. In order not to slip in the ratings, they have offered much more money to the better students and have performed some creative accounting on "special enrollment students". Each school reports these numbers based on their own criteria, so there is nothing unethical with what they are doing. I was also told that these special enrollment students do not even have to meet the Universities minimum requirements. I am sure Bama will tighten it up once their enrollment goals are met.
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Posted on 1/3/13 at 3:48 pm to Irons Puppet
What exactly do you mean by "special enrollment students"?
The only thing I can find is this:
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So it's not like this is some way that UA concocted to increase enrollment while keeping poorly qualified students off the books so to speak. It would not surprise me to find that the GPA/ACT scores of these students are not included in the average for incoming freshmen because these are people who have been out of school for 2 or more years. I don't have stats but I would be surprised if this group is even large enough compared to the 6,400 freshmen class to significantly affect the average ACT score.
The only thing I can find is this:
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Special student. Special student enrollment is a nondegree status. Special students may apply for admission as degree-seeking students by requesting a change of status and by meeting regular admission requirements. Students who have never enrolled in college are generally expected to have been out of high school for two or more years before enrollment at the University as special students. Students who are currently on academic probation or under academic suspension imposed by another college and who have not been enrolled in school for two years may be admitted with special permission. Enrollment in specific courses will be on a space-available basis. If a course has prerequisites, permission must be granted by the instructor before enrollment in the course. To continue as a special student beyond one academic year of continuous enrollment, after a break in enrollment, or beyond 12 semester hours of earned credit, permission must be granted by the dean of the school or college in which the special student is enrolled.
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So it's not like this is some way that UA concocted to increase enrollment while keeping poorly qualified students off the books so to speak. It would not surprise me to find that the GPA/ACT scores of these students are not included in the average for incoming freshmen because these are people who have been out of school for 2 or more years. I don't have stats but I would be surprised if this group is even large enough compared to the 6,400 freshmen class to significantly affect the average ACT score.
This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 4:09 pm
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