ok need help in a fight with a sparty fan

[wheels002]

Ok so I am fighting with a MSU alum who swears that MSU and U of M have the same academic standards to get a football scholarship. Now I have heard that it's different but does anyone know what our standards as opposed to theirs are?

 

[dannydiggler]

Michigan's are the same as any other school in the NCAA. However every school has their own admissions dept. They can choose to let them in based on the ncaa's mininum gpa/sat/act scores or live by the universities standards.

 

[TheVictors]

Johnny2x2x went off *sigh, when I said that UCLA's academic standards were higher than other schools .....his argument was that the same basic, bare minimum requirements are equal across all schools.

This ignores the reality that each school has its own academic expectations and the degree to which they push these expectations -- beyond the bare NCAA requirements -- or try to skirt them, are up to the school.

 

[Michchamp]

the differences should be pretty obvious to even the casual observer.

having the policy makes sense too. If your school has higher standards generally, the risk that the really borderline guys will still struggle there despite all the additional help they get is higher.

So, while a school like ohio or Michigan State, that has classes like BOWLING, or REMEDIAL ENGLISH that count toward your credit requirement to GRADUATE FROM AN INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING might get away with allowing Mo C or Vernon Gholston in, Northwestern would not. We probably wouldn't either.