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SoilVol said:
The university dropped all admissions test score requirments for the next two classes just recently. Citing "Covid" as the reason. They're now overloaded with freshmen for the incoming school year and don't have enough dorm rooms to house the number that accepted their admissions. Basically, "Oh, you can't spell your name? Hmm... can you pay? Great! Welcome!"

Record admissions = more income. Raises for graduate students and staff just under inflation rates. Where's the money going?

Oh, massive pay raises for the ivory tower. Classic.

Not 5 years ago they were continuing to shove "Strive for 25" up everyone's butts to justify the massive construction projects and increased tuition rates and campus improvements to make UT a Top 25 public university while lining pockets of the construction companies that kept getting low bids then would change plans and inflate the construction costs beyond budget to milk the school.

Now it's dropping the standards of admissions which will likely decrease degree completion %, decrease university ranking, increase problems like sexual assault, etc. All to make Donde's amd others' wallets thicker.

Okay, off my soapbox. I'm probably off-base on a lot of that and hopefully someone more knowledgeable about the situation than I will ease my mind and frustration.
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Speaking of housing As someone with a daughter at UT. She is a up coming sophomore and when housing sign up opened upcoming seniors got first pick then incoming freshman then upcoming juniors then sophomores. She signed up and got wait listed. Hard on kids when they are unsure about their housing for next year.

This will be an on going issue. Every year for the past 4 years they have had larger incoming freshman classes. They have torn down dormes and not replaced them. If the classes are getting larger each year the picking will get harder. Price of off campus housing is pushing kids to stay on campus as well. Something has to give.

oh yeah this is a requiring thread.
WHWTFA next year!
 
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I spoke to a couple hardcore (shirts, hats, stickers, plate surround showing alumni status, their car was even red) Nebraska fans the other day at work. I mentioned how I was looking forward to the home and home coming up between Tennessee and Nebraska here in a couple years, and mentioned that I was definitely planning on attending the game at Lincoln. I was asked to pass along to all the Vol fans I know that they are cordially invited to Lincoln as well, and that it should be a fun contest (they were realistic in that we were probably gonna beat them).

Of course, it wouldn't have been right if I failed to invite them to Neyland for the game there. I just warned them "hope you don't mind the color orange, hahahahaha". We then went on a bit of a tangent about the imposter UT and the *** thrashing they're gonna get when they join the SEC.
 
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TheRain said:
What do ya mean... 'That post'?🤨
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Glitch said:
We got a resume for an open position and the young lady with 2 years of work experience was wanting over $100k. Pass.
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Nuts!

I can attest making that kind of coin doesnt just happen, it takes

W O R K.

Again, not saying I make that. Just saying I know people who do. And, unless it was entrusted. They bust their keesters.
 
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