'15 GA DT Quay Picou (UT Signee 2/4/15)

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lilesrt said:
How can kids barely make it through HS, yet expect to make it academically at a major D1 SEC school? I am confused.
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Depending on the major, college can be easier than high school in some ways. Often there's less homework or busy work to turn in, general education classes can be be retreads of stuff you hit on in high school, and you get to take classes that actually interest you instead of what the state mandates.

Plus teachers often factor attendance into your grade, so you can get points just for showing up.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
Depending on the major, college can be easier than high school in some ways. Often there's less homework or busy work to turn in, general education classes can be be retreads of stuff you hit on in high school, and you get to take classes that actually interest you instead of what the state mandates.

Plus teachers often factor attendance into your grade, so you can get points just for showing up.
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All great points and very true. I graduated with a much higher GPA from UT than I had in high school primarily for the reason in bold. You also get to choose your own workload and schedule in college and have the option of withdrawing from a class early in the course if you either don't like the instructor (was the case with me once) or have some early struggles with the material (also happened with me once).
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
All great points and very true. I graduated with a much higher GPA from UT than I had in high school primarily for the reason in bold. You also get to choose your own workload and schedule in college and have the option of withdrawing from a class early in the course if you either don't like the instructor (was the case with me once) or have some early struggles with the material (also happened with me once).
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The schedule things is big too. You only have to take 4 classes per semester to be a full time student. You can have whole days with no classes or only one or two per day. High school kids have to take 5-8 every day.
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
Class bullies be like: "Do you even weave, bro?"
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"The weave on your basket is so loose it won't even hold rocks without some falling through the gaps!"
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at least with Quay my understanding was that he didn't take all the required classes, not that he had failed any particular subject. this might be a case of just not having a good adviser. iirc
 
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LouderVol said:
at least with Quay my understanding was that he didn't take all the required classes, not that he had failed any particular subject. this might be a case of just not having a good adviser. iirc
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Buford puts a 8+ kids in D-1 every year and Joe Scogin at Tennessee is the best in the business. The kid was not hurting for resources.
 
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Madkins8 said:
Buford puts a 8+ kids in D-1 every year and Joe Scogin at Tennessee is the best in the business. The kid was not hurting for resources.
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just saying he might not be dumb = failing classes but instead, uhm..... not so smart in scheduling. and there is something about a horse and water in this situation as well.

not giving him a pass. if he can't/didn't get it done, he can't play. sounds like he will be able to get it done, and I am hopeful for that.
 
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Madkins8 said:
Buford puts a 8+ kids in D-1 every year and Joe Scogin at Tennessee is the best in the business. The kid was not hurting for resources.
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Yeah with this staffs track record of getting everyone in including Gavin Bryant I'm not buying that it's anyone but the kids fault for not qualifying if it happens
 
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LouderVol said:
just saying he might not be dumb = failing classes but instead, uhm..... not so smart in scheduling. and there is something about a horse and water in this situation as well.

not giving him a pass. if he can't/didn't get it done, he can't play. sounds like he will be able to get it done, and I am hopeful for that.
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HS's nowadays make sure you know what it takes to graduate and get into a desired college. I think in GA bi-yearly meetings with trained advisors are required and so is setting up a GAcollege411 (?) account which helps you through the application process and makes sure you are getting what is required for your individual school of choice (from ITT Tech to Harvard). The kid knew what was up. If he didn't make it in, it was simply failing classes, ignoring countless advisors, or both.

There's no "smart way" to not make it into a college, especially as an athlete that can get away with a lot more than a normal applicant.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
Depending on the major, college can be easier than high school in some ways. Often there's less homework or busy work to turn in, general education classes can be be retreads of stuff you hit on in high school, and you get to take classes that actually interest you instead of what the state mandates.

Plus teachers often factor attendance into your grade, so you can get points just for showing up.
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Lol, never had this the case. I'm not an athlete, but professors never did me any favor for just "showing up". Fwiw though. actually was in classes with football players, and they got some of the worst grades too. I won't mention names, but some were just plain stupid and I had no idea how they were in college.
 
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LittleCat said:
Lol, never had this the case. I'm not an athlete, but professors never did me any favor for just "showing up". Fwiw though. actually was in classes with football players, and they got some of the worst grades too. I won't mention names, but some were just plain stupid and I had no idea how they were in college.
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Cardale Jones says that they are in college to play football, not go to class, and he approves this message.
 
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