scott@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Holt) (02/16/86)
In article <272@hropus.UUCP>, ijk@hropus.UUCP (Ihor J. Kinal) writes: > According to today's NY Times article on the lawsuit against Georgia: > "Athletes in football and basketball needed only a 400 S.A.T. score and > the 2.0 grade-point average." > > That 400 is a TOTAL score, which is pretty amusing, since the minimum > is 200. Pretty stringent requirements, don't you think???? > I think this a little inaccurate ... this was true in some exceptional cases where the athlete was considered to be of exceptional value to the school. However, it is not the general rule...for most cases the minimum is a little bit higher...they have to have a 600 on the SAT. :-) In all seriousness though, the Kemp trial brings some things into the public light that have remained in the dark for to long. Why is it that a student can make it through the public school system and still be functionally illiterate?! Why should the University (sic) of Georgia even have a developmental studies program? Such a program should be placed in the hands of a lower level, smaller school, shouldn't it? Why do we allow athletes to be exploited ( yes, despite all that 'preferential treatment' they are exploited ) simply to raise funds for the institute? The case brings up issues that need to be examined carefully, issues which we have been ignoring for too long. Just a little bit of background...I am a student at Georgia Tech and I absolutely despise the University (sic) of Georgia athletic program. The school itself is really not that bad, it has some very good academic programs and does a great deal of useful research. It has gotten very bad press from this case which for the most part, it does not deserve. - Scott -- --------- I'll stop procrastinating tomorow. Scott Holt Georgia Tech Po Box 36199 Atlanta, GA 30332 USENET: scott@gitpyr BITNET: CCASTSH AT GITVM1