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Has Vandy lowered its admission requirements for Athletes over the years?

Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:48 am
Posted by Al Bundy Bulldog
The Grindfather
Member since Dec 2010
35815 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:48 am
Me and a friend of mine got to talking about this the other day when we noticed that Vandy had been throwing out offers more in Mississippi to Mississippi HS kids and even offered a MS JUCO kid a scholarship recently.

I'm assuming student "ATHLETES" can get accepted into Vandy with much less than average students who have 30 act and 4.0 GPA.
Posted by HeavyHog222
Grove, OK
Member since Nov 2015
85 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:56 am to
No. There are tons of HS and Juco kids that meet those requirements.
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
2720 Arse Whipping Avenue
Member since Dec 2013
35931 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:57 am to
Let's be honest here:

People go to Vanderbilt because they couldn't get into an actual Ivy League school (or Stanford/Duke).

I am 16x smarter than ANYONE at Vandy.
Posted by fibonaccisquared
The mystical waters of the Hooch
Member since Dec 2011
16898 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 10:59 am to
They've more or less always had the same process that every school has for athletes... they make exceptions for the sports where they need to...

This was a decent write up from a few years ago showing academic performance across all sports vs by individual sport: LINK

Not sure that they've lowered them substantially, but perhaps they are just getting more aggressive in their recruiting efforts. I didn't think they used to offer JUCOs though? Maybe I'm wrong there?
Posted by BrerTiger
Valley of the Long Grey Cloud
Member since Sep 2011
21506 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 11:21 am to
quote:


I am 16x smarter than ANYONE at Vandy.


Only 16x?

I'm 44x smarter.
Posted by Open Dore Policy
The Commodore State
Member since Oct 2012
4472 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 11:23 am to
quote:

I didn't think they used to offer JUCOs though? Maybe I'm wrong there?



JUCO's used to be few and far between.

Then Franklin added a couple, including our most infamous JUCO player.

Mason has finally started adding them these last couple cycles. Really a lot more transfers period.
Posted by Vecchio Cane
Ivory Tower
Member since Jul 2016
17819 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 11:25 am to
quote:

Only 16x? I'm 44x smarter.


Posted by Herman Frisco
Bon Secour
Member since Sep 2008
17285 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 11:27 am to
16–2.5 gpa

Even a caveman could qualify.
Posted by madmaxvol
Infinity + 1 Posts
Member since Oct 2011
19194 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 11:51 am to
Peabody College...
Posted by AgentOrange186
Member since Jan 2018
53 posts
Posted on 4/4/19 at 12:35 pm to
Peabody College at Vanderbilt

Most people I talk to don't realize that Peabody is the college that the athletes apply through to play for Vanderbilt.

The admission standards haven't changed.
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