https://www.espn.com/college-footba.../ncaa-waives-test-scores-freshmen-eligibility
Does this affect anyone we have coming in?
Does this affect anyone we have coming in?
NCAA waiving test scores for incoming freshmen
- Thread starter Duke Humphrey
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They're waiving SAT and ACT scores for incoming athletes, but are the universities also waiving the scores so they can get admitted to school?
"Coach O/Nutt/Freeze has a plan to get me eligible"
The Waynesboro "plan" went back at least as far as Jerrell Powe.
Could do it online but would have be heavily proctored. That would be cumbersome at best and quite expensive.
Don't most kids take the tests in the 11th grade though, then redo it if needed? It's been a long time since I was in the test-taking situation.
Don't most kids take the tests in the 11th grade though, then redo it if needed? It's been a long time since I was in the test-taking situation.
Been reading that test scores have become less important in college admissions, and even poor predictors of collegiate success. The virus will just accelerate the idea of test scores being optional.
That said, the best predictor of collegiate success is high school success, which doesn't bode well for athletes with borderline academic records.
any 2020 senior that has done an ounce of planning, has taken these test a few times already.
this will do nothing but allow the low scores in.
Really?
I sort of doubt that all HS seniors are that much, on the ball.
But, anyway that you look at it, and considering the situation,
most that have completed, up to this point, satisfactory HS requirements will
likely be accepted, on a probationary/conditional basis.
And, if I was not looking for an academic scholarship, I would not be concerned with anything BUT... GET me in School.
I sort of doubt that all HS seniors are that much, on the ball.
But, anyway that you look at it, and considering the situation,
most that have completed, up to this point, satisfactory HS requirements will
likely be accepted, on a probationary/conditional basis.
And, if I was not looking for an academic scholarship, I would not be concerned with anything BUT... GET me in School.
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Here in Forsyth county GA. Middle and HS have implemented "No Fault" education. Meaning, your grades can't go down from where they are now, only stay the same or go up. This is the premier school district in GA to boot. I'm guessing they have to account for any family that has no access to internet.
Well maybe my view is the exception. My kids go to a good school. So if you haven't taken the act BEFORE your senior year at our school.... you are behind 90% of the class. My sophomore has already taken it.
maybe at a school like Columbus ..... nobody has taken the act by spring of their senior year. But still if they haven't.... they are behind. I don't care terrible the school is. You're still behind.
maybe at a school like Columbus ..... nobody has taken the act by spring of their senior year. But still if they haven't.... they are behind. I don't care terrible the school is. You're still behind.
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ACT scores and HS GPA mean everything for a academic scholarship though. It's the third question.
https://www.admissions.msstate.edu/scholarships
What I'm saying is that there is a growing trend away from test scores. Many schools are making test scores optional for admissions and scholarship applications. It will take a while for the trend to gain serious traction, but the virus could be a big nudge in that direction.
So you are saying we will have more people who don't belong in college in college...great. The test scores in and of themselves mean nothing other than showing a level of critical thinking at a certain academic level that is needed in some professions.
No. What I'm saying is that academic institutions are discovering the test scores are not such reliable indicators of "critical thinking" or other intellectual traits after all.
They are one factor worthy of consideration, but they are starting to be de-emphasised in favor of other factors.
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