We already have drastically reduced standards compared to regular students. If having a 1000 SAT and 3.0 gives you a good chance at graduating, why isn't this the standard for the regular students.
Based on your options above we are already letting them 'Cheat their way through'. What difference does a 1000 or 950 on the SAT make if the regular students average north of 1350.
here is why and it is very simple. the school has MINIMUM requirement that ALL students should meet in order to be able to pass
after that its a competition. while some students have super high SAT scores some can throw a baseball or jump to dunk or run over linebackers or play flute or do research on earthquakes in china
the competition for spots involves more than just scores BUT you have to have high enough scores to show that you can pass the classes
are the tests the only indicator? no, so im ok with giving some borderline cases a shot. but to make a practice of it is a disservice to the student-athlete.
what we do now is nothing like cheating. we dont have fake majors, we dont make up fake classes, and we dont let people in that dont meet some minimum requirement
just because the average student at Tech scores higher, that doesnt mean that all are not meeting the MINIMUM
take Georgie, even with their easier minimums, they still have about 70 percent of the football team NOT meet the minimum requirements...