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Message: [QUOTE="arrow2arinzesknee, post: 170673, member: 1876"] I find it so strange that we have to place so many academic requirements on these kids for one and that they are all equal across the board. (meaning a 2.0 at SU does not equal a 2.0 at a state school, or a 2.0 at Northwestern or Stanford for that matter) Look I am not undervaluing the importance of a good education, and most of these kids do not understand the opportunity a scholarship gives them, and the tutors and procedures in place are ultimately a good thing, but lets face it these kids produce revenue to the school, and in the case of Syracuse for sure, offsets the cost of their scholarships and allows the school to do great things and expand their educational programs. I understand you need requirements on these kids, but to a certain extent does it matter if Fab Melo gets a 1.7 or a 2.0? it probably should but you run into the problem of one bad grade plummeting your prospects potentially. My junior year of college I was taking a Freshman level History course due a change in majors, I was instructed to write a mid-term paper on the spread of evangelical religion during the Antebellum period in U.S History. I was majoring in U.S history at the time and the paper seemed easy enough. It was worth like 75% of the midterm grade and ultimately like 25% of the total grade. I wrote my ass off, but my teacher who was anti-religion did not like my paper and gave me an , he stated I was given three source materials to use and because I used more sources than that I didn't follow instructions. Out of the 100 or so college papers I wrote this one was in the top 5, when I turned it in I knew it was an A, the teacher must have been in a mood when he graded it or misinterpreted it, ultimately my GPA that semester was poor (by my standards) due to the C I got in the class due to this one paper. I had an appeal done on the grade and had it regraded by 4 other professors, each of which gave me at least an A- they averaged the four and replaced the grade which allowed me my coveted 3.5 GPA All I am saying is these kids are money makers for the school, they could have one situation ruin it for them, and I think a 2.0 should be easy, but with the practices and travel its not a cakewalk, its not like Dion Waiters is going to need to know differential calculus to Dunk over NBA guards. Oh... and I just checked and Georgetown definitively still sucks [/QUOTE]

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