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re: Stanford head coach David Shaw just disrespects the entire SEC
Posted on 4/11/16 at 8:16 pm to oman
Posted on 4/11/16 at 8:16 pm to oman
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but in general, those players are pretty impressive, academically
I wouldn't call a 930/1600 on the SAT "impressive academically", and yet that's essentially what DRob was told he'd need to get in. It's all relative.
The bar is higher for athletes at Stanford than many schools, but it's nowhere in the same vicinity as what is required for the rest of the student body. On *average* at Stanford, being a football player is approximately worth about 200-300 points on a kid's SAT and a +(.5 to 1.0) GPA boost...
While it means there are definitely some kids that flat out aren't even in consideration, these days there are a large number of available candidates to select from from high school athletes that actually can make it into Stanford.
As far as the camps go, I'm not sure they are valuable for any SEC programs either, simply due to our proximity to the majority of the talent in the country to begin with. California's not hurting for talent either. There is a reason the B1G was the only P5 conference onboard with these things.
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Posted on 4/11/16 at 8:24 pm to fibonaccisquared
I'm willing to bet those green dots to the left side of the graph are heavily weighted toward the student-athlete special admission side of the student body.
Piling on a bit and acknowledging the report is a bit dated (2008), but Georgia Tech had the nation's best average SAT score for football players, 1028 of a possible 1600, and best average high school GPA, 3.39 of a possible 4.0."
I wonder where GT was getting all those smart football players, must be a national recruiting powerhouse.
Interestingly enough, even with only one year of increased special admits included under the Harbaugh regime, Stanford wasn't a top 10 school or even the highest rated Pac 12, CA-based school in the report for football player test scores.
Athletes lag in admissions test scores
Stanford class of 2019 admissions stats
Piling on a bit and acknowledging the report is a bit dated (2008), but Georgia Tech had the nation's best average SAT score for football players, 1028 of a possible 1600, and best average high school GPA, 3.39 of a possible 4.0."
I wonder where GT was getting all those smart football players, must be a national recruiting powerhouse.
Interestingly enough, even with only one year of increased special admits included under the Harbaugh regime, Stanford wasn't a top 10 school or even the highest rated Pac 12, CA-based school in the report for football player test scores.
Athletes lag in admissions test scores
Stanford class of 2019 admissions stats
This post was edited on 4/11/16 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 4/11/16 at 8:25 pm to fibonaccisquared
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The bar is higher for athletes at Stanford than many schools, but it's nowhere in the same vicinity as what is required for the rest of the student body.
So you guys are arguing with the Make Believe David Shaw who claims athletes are given no special consideration.
I like your odds of prevailing.
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