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Most interesting was the statement from from Shaw on how the early enrollment restrictions in the past reduce the number of potential recruits by 33%.

I buy that. There are numerous recent past examples of guys who were extremely interested but were dead-set on enrolling early. There are some we didn't even offer at all because of it.

I forget where I saw this stat, but over HALF of our offered targets from a very recent class (2020? The last one before our first early enrollees?) that went elsewhere enrolled early at their destination school. That's incredibly significant.

Shaw has stated recently in interviews that he wants and expects us to have quite a few more than the 3 that enrolled early this time around. They are doing well, by the way - combined for a 3.8+ GPA in their first quarter. Great data points to bring back to admissions.

Unless there has been a lot of grade inflation since my days on campus, a 3.8+ GPA easily would qualify for phi beta kappa.  That's pretty stunning for students who are committing 40 hours a week to football.  Since only a small fraction of the class enrolled early, I'm assuming the ones who did are the ones with the best high school preparation, but 3.8+ is still mighty impressive.

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Most interesting was the statement from from Shaw on how the early enrollment restrictions in the past reduce the number of potential recruits by 33%.

I buy that. There are numerous recent past examples of guys who were extremely interested but were dead-set on enrolling early. There are some we didn't even offer at all because of it.

I forget where I saw this stat, but over HALF of our offered targets from a very recent class (2020? The last one before our first early enrollees?) that went elsewhere enrolled early at their destination school. That's incredibly significant.

Shaw has stated recently in interviews that he wants and expects us to have quite a few more than the 3 that enrolled early this time around. They are doing well, by the way - combined for a 3.8+ GPA in their first quarter. Great data points to bring back to admissions.

Unless there has been a lot of grade inflation since my days on campus, a 3.8+ GPA easily would qualify for phi beta kappa.  That's pretty stunning for students who are committing 40 hours a week to football.  Since only a small fraction of the class enrolled early, I'm assuming the ones who did are the ones with the best high school preparation, but 3.8+ is still mighty impressive.