ksu sucks

This first link deals mostly with affirmative action. But I used it once for an English paper here at Akron, and he shows how the difference in SAT scores directly effects the graduation rates.http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?id=1635 http://www.ohio.edu/instres/retention/RetenReg.pdfEffect of GPA on graduation and attrition rates. This has some local significance. The studies were done on OU's regional campuses. This was after fifeteen minutes using google and bing. To make a long story short, you could find data supporting either side. Of course some talented kids will trip up in college. But to say that a kid with a 4.0 GPA has as good of a chance of failing as a kid with a 2.0 GPA is borderline ignorant. Also, Akron's class of 2001 had a graduation rate of 37%. That's pitiful. http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/inst2007/5.pdfListen, I don't want to make this an elitist thing. But c'mon. Don't you think this university can do better than it is?

And your story is exactly the kind that I think we should embrace. But I don't like the odds of accepting kids destined to fail. A 3.0 GPA would most likely get you into all of the MAC schools except possibly Miami(assuming average test scores). But I don't like the odds of accepting kids who've failed most of high school. Sure, some may be late bloomers or they might need to realize the reality of self reliance, but most will just go out and party. Trust me. I witnessed it myself. There was 4 guys on my floor last year who dropped out before the spring semester. That's just my floor. This goes beyond "catering" to the rankings. This is a matter of common sense. The kids who come on campus with 2.5 and below GPA's absolutely ruin our numbers. A big concern for me when college searching was the number of kids who actually graduate in time. Although Akron in general had a crappy percentage, one visit to campus ended my doubts. It won't for everyone.

Yeah, because I was being completely serious. Let's get Johnnie Cochran on this case. God you guys are retarded. Open enrollment in action.

Wow. If this isn't the most unbiased poll I've ever seen.

Yes, good point.I also hope the rowdies plan on coming in full force for the exhibition game against South Florida. It's @ 7:30 on the Friday of Move-in weekend.

Wait until the end. http://www.bzzagent.com/bzzscapes/scape/au...-tv-commercial/

Right. And that's how it should be. But what about the rest of the kids who weren't given admission to a college? That's were I don't agree with open enrollment.I think some of the kids who aren't good enough to get direct admission to their college of choice(engineering, nursing, arts and sciences, etc.) should still be given a shot. Most schools will give them that shot. But why should we give admission to kids whose high school record shows that they will most likely fail? I'd be willing to bet that most of the kids who failed in high school will fail again in college. So we should admit them because...it's nice? No. It's an irresponsible use of FAFSA(government money) and university resources.

Thanks for everyone's opinions. Your input has made me rethink my opinion on the topic of open enrollment.Just because the elitist system that other schools use is wrong, does that make open enrollment right? There's got to be a happy medium somewhere.

http://www.uakron.edu/im/online-newsroom/p...ld%20experience That's good company. I'm jealous of these kids.

Rasor's new blog entry.http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/zips/

and so it begins...

+1

Nice. Very true.

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/anewakron1/I'm just running this petition to get an idea of how supportive the faculty, staff, students, and community would be of such an idea. 1,000 signatures was the bare minimum the site allowed for a "goal". I don't really care how seriously anyone takes it, I just thought it would be interesting.Regardless, I'm still going to try and get the word out. It'd be awesome if any of you could give some feedback or even sign the petition. IMO, this needs to be done now. This school is too good to be held down by such standards.Edit: When you click "sign this petition!" it will just ask for your name, email, and country. It will then ask if you want to sign in through twitter or register. If you dont have a twitter account then just click register. It only sends an email and nothing else. Thanks.

Speaking of pictures at the first practice...

Eh, I just found it funny in a train wreck kind of way.Edit: And as both of you said, it is kind of a sign that we're doing things right.

http://www.bobcatattack.com/messageboard/t...ID=6&page=1This is so funny. I still don't get the whole academic superiority thing.

ugh the imbeciles on ohio.com give me high blood pressure.

I'm doing the same thing with my laptop. Every 5 s. If my math is right, that's 17,280 votes in one day.

Wow, awesome. I'm trying the same thing and it appears to be working. Thanks for giving me another reason to love firefox.Edit: Also, to all Firefox users...https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ad...?confirmed=trueIf you have it set up like zen and I, this makes it easier. It takes the work out of it.

I think I've found the culprit...hah..check out the last post on this thread by haredoghttp://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=178&...5&t=4565017

No kidding. I think it's NC State.

Damn you guys are too quick for me.

Pow! Right in Vanderbilt's kisser.Army up next.

Gee, I wonder why ohio.com won't let anyone comment on this story? It's pretty sad when there's so many negative opinions of the university within this city that the local newspaper won't allow people to comment on it. I don't blame the ABJ.