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AquaKnight http:///forum/thread/379966/so-who-is-your-college-football-team/60#post_3306677
There are always going to be heart-string stories. If we're playing that game, what makes the 4000th student who was accepted, much, if any better, then the 4001st kid that got rejected? There has to a be a line somewhere, and some people will always not make. A fraction of a percentage, is insufficant IMHO, and I think this is wear our views diverge. It is sad, but the stories don't matter, the numbers and facts do. No one person, school, company, etc, can live by the what-ifs. What if I stop and help that guy in the Mercedes change his flat tire? Could be a billionare CEO that could craft me into one, or some jerkoff that would complain about the time I took.
No, band wouldn't have cut it. I did Business, so things like DECA, Future Leaders of America, etc.
As far as party schools, it depends. There are two real sources, the Princeton Review, and Playboy. Miami didn't make Princeton's, but UT-Austin was at 7th for the 2010, and 8th for the 2009. Miami did place 1st in the 2009 Playboy rankings, and slipped to 3rd in 2010, while UT placed first in 2010.
Well, that would be, quite literally, every 4-year school in the country. Not everyone needs to go, should go, or have to go to college. Otherwise, they would just call it Grades 13-16.
The point I'm making is all the colleges priortize their entrance qualifications on sports. But hey, like Crypt said, it's all about the money. With out those athletes, tutitions would most likely go higher than they are today. The UT Austin Athletic Dept. brings in millions each year from alumni donations. Mac Brown throws the college a bone and gives them a little slice of the pie to pacify the administrators, but the bulk of the money goes towards recruitment and improving the conditions of the athletes domain.
You're right, not everyone needs to go to college. I mean, who would be working the counter at KFC, restocking the shelves at Walmart, check out your groceries at the grocery store, doing that oil change on your car, or cut your hair when you need a trim if everybody was required to go to college?