[PalmTree]

If you are a WVB fan it's good news Stanford is taking a different approach to bringing in athletes.   If you're focused on the highest possible academic standards, maybe not so thrilled.

I don't see it as a compromise of the highest possible standards - I mean, who's able to argue that without actually having seeing a kid's transcript and application?  What early enrollments are to me is more along the lines of advancing away from the an (to me at least) concept of having all members of a class progress together through their time at Stanford in temporal lockstep. Why hinder any academically-qualified student from matriculating anytime other than the start of fall quarter? It's not like they're trying to take advantage of some witness-protection program, it just works better for them, and if an athlete, for the team and school in a lot of ways.

[PalmTree]

If you are a WVB fan it's good news Stanford is taking a different approach to bringing in athletes.   If you're focused on the highest possible academic standards, maybe not so thrilled.

I don't see it as a compromise of the highest possible standards - I mean, who's able to argue that without actually having seeing a kid's transcript and application?  What early enrollments are to me is more along the lines of advancing away from the an (to me at least) concept of having all members of a class progress together through their time at Stanford in temporal lockstep. Why hinder any academically-qualified student from matriculating anytime other than the start of fall quarter? It's not like they're trying to take advantage of some witness-protection program, it just works better for them, and if an athlete, for the team and school in a lot of ways.