Well, things seem encouraging, but ...
1. That article was written based upon a grand total of 1 years worth of reported APRs. Then it noted that, "the school expects another significant jump when the next round of scores are announced". Here's hoping.
2. It takes time to see changes in the actual graduation rate - or even the NCAA's made up Graduation Success Rate. For the most recent year available, covering students who entered in 2007, had to graduate by 2013, Low APR U's 1-year grad rate is 55%, Average over 4 classes is 42%, and Graduation Success Rate (a 4 year average) is 52%.
Until that number looks good, one cannot be sure.
There is a significant history of APRs never quite aligning with actual graduation rates.
[And note that for the overall student body, the actual federal grad rate is 91% - c.a.l. is not quite the Darwinian proving ground it's sports-board posters like to pretend. ]
3. From the article,
"The football program stands well ahead of schedule for a new university admissions policy mandating that at least 80% of incoming recruits hold a 3.0 GPA 77% of recruits during the past two classes topped that mark."
Unless there is something wrong with my math, 77% is not well ahead of 80% - though indeed they appear close.
And asking for a hs 3.0 gpa isn't all that much, particularly with grade inflation in recent years.
Already at Berkeley, the average entering GPA is 4.19.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia....index.html
[Hmmmm. It's possible that link means the average GPA of c.a.l. applicants is 4.19.]
The number of Berkeley students with a hs gpa<3.0 is 1.0% (presumably athletes)
The number of c.a.l. students with a gpa>3.5 is 94%
http://opa.berkeley.edu/sites/default/fi...august.pdf [p.9]
The overall average GPA for every kid in America was about 3.0 in 2011, presumably higher now.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2...since-1990
This is an interesting question. Given the proximity and the overall academic excellence at c.a.l., one would think c.a.l. and Stanford would be major recruiting rivals. However, for the most part this has not been the case for some time. Stanford's major recruiting rivals have been und, $C, and UCLA. At the very least one would think c.a.l. could replace UCLA on this list.
We'll see.
1. That article was written based upon a grand total of 1 years worth of reported APRs. Then it noted that, "the school expects another significant jump when the next round of scores are announced". Here's hoping.
2. It takes time to see changes in the actual graduation rate - or even the NCAA's made up Graduation Success Rate. For the most recent year available, covering students who entered in 2007, had to graduate by 2013, Low APR U's 1-year grad rate is 55%, Average over 4 classes is 42%, and Graduation Success Rate (a 4 year average) is 52%.
Until that number looks good, one cannot be sure.
There is a significant history of APRs never quite aligning with actual graduation rates.
[And note that for the overall student body, the actual federal grad rate is 91% - c.a.l. is not quite the Darwinian proving ground it's sports-board posters like to pretend. ]
3. From the article,
"The football program stands well ahead of schedule for a new university admissions policy mandating that at least 80% of incoming recruits hold a 3.0 GPA 77% of recruits during the past two classes topped that mark."
Unless there is something wrong with my math, 77% is not well ahead of 80% - though indeed they appear close.
And asking for a hs 3.0 gpa isn't all that much, particularly with grade inflation in recent years.
Already at Berkeley, the average entering GPA is 4.19.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia....index.html
[Hmmmm. It's possible that link means the average GPA of c.a.l. applicants is 4.19.]
The number of Berkeley students with a hs gpa<3.0 is 1.0% (presumably athletes)
The number of c.a.l. students with a gpa>3.5 is 94%
http://opa.berkeley.edu/sites/default/fi...august.pdf [p.9]
The overall average GPA for every kid in America was about 3.0 in 2011, presumably higher now.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2...since-1990
(10-22-2015, 07:54 AM)OutsiderFan link Wrote:I mean does anyone ever see Ca.l becoming as big a recruiting rival as say ND and Under Stanford Control, even if Ca.l becomes a legit contending program? Then again, there is talk about UCLA and Michigan being Stanford recruiting rivals.
This is an interesting question. Given the proximity and the overall academic excellence at c.a.l., one would think c.a.l. and Stanford would be major recruiting rivals. However, for the most part this has not been the case for some time. Stanford's major recruiting rivals have been und, $C, and UCLA. At the very least one would think c.a.l. could replace UCLA on this list.
We'll see.