Our youngest son was also in the FASET program last weekend.
SouthGa:
“I was at the FASET orientation with my daughter and one of the LADY administrators was building up the incoming freshmen about how they were the cream of the crop with their high GPA's and SAT scores. Then she made the comment that sent my blood boiling, she said that all incoming freshmen had a GPA of 3+ except for some football players. She could have easily not made the last part of that comment. “
I also do believe it was inappropriate for an administrator to make a reference to lower GPA scores for athletes. It was an unnecessary slight and something should be said about it, but it isn’t a termination offense. Not nearly as offensive as the kid entering as a freshman from Athens wearing a UGA cap. How long will he last?
SouthGa:
“Let's see, I think Tech has 13,000+ students, I don't think it will hurt to have a couple of majors for a 100 athletes that are not quite demanding as CHEM or EE. That will leave 12,900 for the academic crowd to get off on and maintain our sacred reputation and believe me, it is a religion to our academic crowd. Boys', this program is at a crossroads, in the next year or two we will find out if we are going to play some real football or join PUKE at the bottom. I really believe the reason PUKE's football program is a joke is because of the mindset of their academic crowd and Coach "K"iss off.”
Things have sure changed since my freshman orientation at AMC in 1967. For the last four years I’ve been warning my son about Tech’s rigid academic demands and narrow curriculum, “you better watch out for Calculus and Chemistry”…Now I feel like Alley-Oop standing in the middle of Peachtree Street, warning everyone to watch out for the dinosaurs running amok. Well, it turns out many of those dinosaurs are extinct and I sure feel old.
I was amazed to learn Tech now offers degrees in “History, Technology, and Science”, and “Science, Technology and Culture”. The liberal arts department also offers a minor in “Women’s Studies”.
When I was a Freshman all undergraduates took 3 quarters of Calculus, 3 courses of Chemistry. By the end of the Freshman year, many kids were no longer around.
Now, the non-engineering majors can opt out of both Calculus and Chemistry.
Things have certainly changed. The Board of Regents (where these decisions are made) has broadened Tech academic program considerably. I believe this is good for Tech and will make it easier for us to recruit student athletes.