Responsibility, Part 1
Oct. 18th, 2007 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joshwritingI was talking with an undergraduate I know about her brother and his friends who are looking at college themselves now. They are student athletes and trying to weigh where to apply between their sports, grades, and test scores.
The school counselor has been of little or no help in this process, focused primarily on the fit of GPA to the various colleges.
I provided a link to the NCAA's guidelines for eligibility for college athletics including the sliding scale of GPA/SAT (or ACT) for Div. I schools and the flat requirements for Div. II schools, along with the required minimum course distribution for each (and I [i]do[/i] mean minimum).
I provided information about the graduation rates for Div. I athletes (which ranges from respectable to criminal).
None of this had been presented, discussed, or considered by the school counselor.
So, it is great that I could help this family and the boy's friends, but... why should they have to rely on a random computer connection?
The school counselor has been of little or no help in this process, focused primarily on the fit of GPA to the various colleges.
I provided a link to the NCAA's guidelines for eligibility for college athletics including the sliding scale of GPA/SAT (or ACT) for Div. I schools and the flat requirements for Div. II schools, along with the required minimum course distribution for each (and I [i]do[/i] mean minimum).
I provided information about the graduation rates for Div. I athletes (which ranges from respectable to criminal).
None of this had been presented, discussed, or considered by the school counselor.
So, it is great that I could help this family and the boy's friends, but... why should they have to rely on a random computer connection?
