Schools with Rigorous Academics and Big Sports Culture

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Anonymous wrote:Does she want to play or just watch?

I’d add Stanford, UNC, look at other state flagships.

State flagships are massive mills—no “rigor” there unless you mean deciding whose going to win beer pong.

Says the person who has never been in a weeder class at a big school.

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Michigan
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
UCLA
Cal
Stanford
Texas
UNC

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Anonymous wrote:Florida and MI. It is not even close.

The next tier would be Texas, ND

Vandy, UVA, USC, Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, and Stanford disqualified for not being big sport schools. Not even remotely big sport schools.

Sorry. Again, the OP said "rigorous" schools. ND has all of these beat and was in top 10 football rankings. Not second tier by any means.

And your head coach still left for a better opportunity at LSU.

LOL, yes, where players are recruited as long as they can sign their name...no academic requirements. Makes Kelly's job easier.

So not that different.

Umm...OK? Maybe lay off the next glass of wine...it's a work night.

In Kelly’s conversation with Sports Illustrated, Notre Dame’s head coach pegged the average GPA of his incoming freshman class at 2.8 with a score of 24 on the ACT.

Not accurate.

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Anonymous wrote:Florida and MI. It is not even close.

The next tier would be Texas, ND

Vandy, UVA, USC, Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, and Stanford disqualified for not being big sport schools. Not even remotely big sport schools.

Sorry. Again, the OP said "rigorous" schools. ND has all of these beat and was in top 10 football rankings. Not second tier by any means.

And your head coach still left for a better opportunity at LSU.

LOL, yes, where players are recruited as long as they can sign their name...no academic requirements. Makes Kelly's job easier.

So not that different.

Umm...OK? Maybe lay off the next glass of wine...it's a work night.

In Kelly’s conversation with Sports Illustrated, Notre Dame’s head coach pegged the average GPA of his incoming freshman class at 2.8 with a score of 24 on the ACT.

Not accurate.

Also https://und.com/irish-once-again-top-ncaa-academic-ratings/

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Widely known within the Big 10 that Northwestern maintains the highest academic standards among its athletes. I think it comes close to the top spot - or is the top - in national tables as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Florida and MI. It is not even close.

The next tier would be Texas, ND

Vandy, UVA, USC, Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, and Stanford disqualified for not being big sport schools. Not even remotely big sport schools.

Sorry. Again, the OP said "rigorous" schools. ND has all of these beat and was in top 10 football rankings. Not second tier by any means.

And your head coach still left for a better opportunity at LSU.

LOL, yes, where players are recruited as long as they can sign their name...no academic requirements. Makes Kelly's job easier.

So not that different.

Umm...OK? Maybe lay off the next glass of wine...it's a work night.

In Kelly’s conversation with Sports Illustrated, Notre Dame’s head coach pegged the average GPA of his incoming freshman class at 2.8 with a score of 24 on the ACT.

Not accurate.

2.8 was the high school GPA. 3.4 was the Notre Dame GPA. So Notre Dame is easier than high school.

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I have a niece and nephew who both attended Northwestern as scholarship athletes. They were excellent students as well. Both would also have attended Michigan over NU if they were recruited by the school. Both would also have been excellent students at Michigan. Northwestern gets better students overall in their sports because most of them weren’t good enough to play for higher rated teams.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a niece and nephew who both attended Northwestern as scholarship athletes. They were excellent students as well. Both would also have attended Michigan over NU if they were recruited by the school. Both would also have been excellent students at Michigan. Northwestern gets better students overall in their sports because most of them weren’t good enough to play for higher rated teams.

Which sports?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a niece and nephew who both attended Northwestern as scholarship athletes. They were excellent students as well. Both would also have attended Michigan over NU if they were recruited by the school. Both would also have been excellent students at Michigan. Northwestern gets better students overall in their sports because most of them weren’t good enough to play for higher rated teams.

Which sports?

They are Googling. Give them time.

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Anonymous wrote:Florida and MI. It is not even close.

The next tier would be Texas, ND

Vandy, UVA, USC, Berkeley, Northwestern, Duke, and Stanford disqualified for not being big sport schools. Not even remotely big sport schools.

Sorry. Again, the OP said "rigorous" schools. ND has all of these beat and was in top 10 football rankings. Not second tier by any means.

And your head coach still left for a better opportunity at LSU.

LOL, yes, where players are recruited as long as they can sign their name...no academic requirements. Makes Kelly's job easier.

So not that different.

Umm...OK? Maybe lay off the next glass of wine...it's a work night.

In Kelly’s conversation with Sports Illustrated, Notre Dame’s head coach pegged the average GPA of his incoming freshman class at 2.8 with a score of 24 on the ACT.

So true! The dormers actually believe they get smarter athletes than other schools. ND will take the best players available more times than not. That they brag about how high the GPA is of their players is a testament to how easy it is to get a high grade at the school. 2.8 high school students with 24 ACT scores don’t suddenly score 3.4 GPA’s in college. Remember this scandal a few years ago?:

https://nypost.com/2016/11/22/notre-dame-football-punished-for-cheating-scandal/

Academic cheating. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re still at it.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a niece and nephew who both attended Northwestern as scholarship athletes. They were excellent students as well. Both would also have attended Michigan over NU if they were recruited by the school. Both would also have been excellent students at Michigan. Northwestern gets better students overall in their sports because most of them weren’t good enough to play for higher rated teams.

Which sports?

Football and soccer

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My child got a 29 ACT and wouldn’t dream of applying to UMD, but they couldn’t juggle d1 sports, either.

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Anonymous wrote:My child got a 29 ACT and wouldn’t dream of applying to UMD, but they couldn’t juggle d1 sports, either.

*Meant ND

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Berkeley has a fun sports culture and tough academics.

UM, Stanford, Duke - all combine challenging academics with high-caliber sports programs.

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Stanford. Not Michigan or Ohio, I went to a game once and people were FIGHTING. Physically.