(12-05-2019, 05:37 PM)lex24 Wrote: One simple question I have – if they have the units to graduate, which they must to go into the portal, and want to move towards a masters do they have to get in to one of the Stanford graduate schools?
Could this exitus to the portal be in part because some haven’t gotten in but they may be able to elsewhere? I don’t know just asking.
Everybody assumes it’s for some dissatisfaction with the program etc. But I suspect there are other possibilities. Hell maybe some of them don’t like Stanford. So yeah it’s a problem.
The way I get over the problem is to make damn sure I stop redshirting freshman. Play them. Having them raring to go for a 5th year somewhere else doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. And frankly while Stanford occasionally gets the benefit – Scarlet being the best example- it’s not gonna happen very often because most are not gonna be able to get in.
It is a very real possibility that they were not admitted to graduate school at Stanford, which means that the only way they play next season is to grad transfer.
(12-05-2019, 08:40 PM)82lsju Wrote:(12-05-2019, 06:27 PM)BostonCard Wrote: If they aren't already, I think Shaw and company need to start performing exit interviews with transferring seniors. Find out what it is that they are looking for in the transfer portal and what we are not providing. And if it is a fixable issue, then it needs to be fixed, but if it is a structural issue like "after four years at Stanford, I want a break from the academics and just want to go somewhere where I can play football and take easy classes" then there is not much we can do, and we should stop trying to preserve redshirts.
The graduate transfer rule and transfer portal has lowered the barrier to transfer.
BC
I know when I have had exit interviews from changing jobs I have seen no value in delving into any negative reason about why I'm leaving as there is unlikely to be any benefit to me in providing that feedback and some potential downside if I cross paths with people later who didn't like what I had to say about leaving. Transferring colleges is probably lower risk in telling "the truth" but I wouldn't expect to get a lot of actionable info out of the interviews.
Yep. I never tell a company why I'm leaving. If they cared about my opinion they would have asked while I was an employee who they thought was happy. I just say "I have a better opportunity" and leave it at that.