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I believe it was determined when this was discussed re: Anna Wilson's fifth year that you can't just indefinitely extend your undergraduate degree, even if you have an athletic scholarship.  IIRC, per Registrar's rules, unless you have some curricular need for an extra quarter and a good reason why you couldn't complete it in 12 quarters, you have to graduate in four years. (I think, IIRC from my time at Stanford, you could fairly easily get a 13th quarter, but that was it.)

So you either need to co-Term to stay dual enrolled as an undergraduate and graduate student, or find a standalone graduate degree. Wilson ultimately did the latter, getting a two-year Masters in Art Practice.

Again, rather than purely speculate, grounding this discussion in some facts seems prudent.

The rules may well have changed, but back in my day, I knew kids who were at Stanford for 6 years as undergrads.  As long as you were progressing toward a degree, you could stay enrolled at Stanford.  And don't you get 5 years to play 4 in every sport?  Seems odd that Stanford would have internal rules to frustrate that general NCAA rule.  Also seems odd that one who has a season-ending injury sophomore year would be required by Stanford to leave before eligibility used up.

Separately, and more generally, the real problem with the transfer portal is that it will be used as mechanism for elite programs to shop for proven, elite players.  In other words, they will use fellow schools/programs as training/proving grounds for their teams.  I just saw where a starting OL from Vandy, with 2 years of eligibility remaining, is transferring to Alabama.  I could see that happening at Stanford, too, with the few great/proven players deciding they want to play where college football is "Big Time."  With absolutely ZERO repercussions for bolting, this is going to add to the stratification of college sports.

[teejers1]

I believe it was determined when this was discussed re: Anna Wilson's fifth year that you can't just indefinitely extend your undergraduate degree, even if you have an athletic scholarship.  IIRC, per Registrar's rules, unless you have some curricular need for an extra quarter and a good reason why you couldn't complete it in 12 quarters, you have to graduate in four years. (I think, IIRC from my time at Stanford, you could fairly easily get a 13th quarter, but that was it.)

So you either need to co-Term to stay dual enrolled as an undergraduate and graduate student, or find a standalone graduate degree. Wilson ultimately did the latter, getting a two-year Masters in Art Practice.

Again, rather than purely speculate, grounding this discussion in some facts seems prudent.

The rules may well have changed, but back in my day, I knew kids who were at Stanford for 6 years as undergrads.  As long as you were progressing toward a degree, you could stay enrolled at Stanford.  And don't you get 5 years to play 4 in every sport?  Seems odd that Stanford would have internal rules to frustrate that general NCAA rule.  Also seems odd that one who has a season-ending injury sophomore year would be required by Stanford to leave before eligibility used up.

Separately, and more generally, the real problem with the transfer portal is that it will be used as mechanism for elite programs to shop for proven, elite players.  In other words, they will use fellow schools/programs as training/proving grounds for their teams.  I just saw where a starting OL from Vandy, with 2 years of eligibility remaining, is transferring to Alabama.  I could see that happening at Stanford, too, with the few great/proven players deciding they want to play where college football is "Big Time."  With absolutely ZERO repercussions for bolting, this is going to add to the stratification of college sports.