I’d sure liked to have gotten into medical school but didn’t quite have the

Apr 19, 2019
10:08:01am

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qualifications and wasn’t accepted. However they did say if I was a athlete they’d make place for me. I didn’t matter that i’d Worked a 30 to 40 hour a week job for 4 years to pay for undergraduate degree.

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Slow clap for Coach Shaw at Stanford:

Dakota Cougar

4/19/19 8:18am

Answer is very clear

Heinz57

4/19/19 8:20am

and had a full-time job, football, while getting a degree.......................

BDAWG

4/19/19 8:22am

Also extremely hypocritical of any coach that thinks otherwise.

kotacoug

4/19/19 8:24am

The full article outlines that Stanford regularly has fewer

Everyman

4/19/19 9:10am

Large part? They have had 1 grad transfer in the last 5 years get in Stanford

Swishfromdeep3

4/19/19 6:49pm

Well...except that you also need to have good grades and test scores. That's

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 9:21am

I’d sure liked to have gotten into medical school but didn’t quite have the

Bullrider

4/19/19 10:08am

Which is crazy. Athletes shouldn't get special treatment for admittance to

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 10:13am

Actually, you're wrong. Athletes represent the University publicly and on a

UberDeek

4/19/19 11:53am

Do you want a doctor who got into medical school because he played RB at Ohio

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 11:54am

My dad's dermatologist was selected solely based on the fact that his PA was

UberDeek

4/19/19 11:57am

Never said I wouldn't go to a doctor that was an athlete. I wouldn't want to go

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 12:00pm

Then you'd never go to a doctor who's dad was a doctor.

UberDeek

4/19/19 12:09pm

If they got in under spurious circumstances? No, I wouldn't want to go to them.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 12:12pm

We have a system that trains them to be qualified

D.T. Survivor

4/19/19 12:16pm

Fair point. My main argument is more about the detriment to the student.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 12:21pm

Playing football opens up a lot of opportunities

D.T. Survivor

4/19/19 3:56pm

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wilsdad

4/19/19 4:37pm

So you saying that the amount of effort and smarts that are required to get a

unctoothman

4/19/19 11:30am

I don't think your typical SEC athlete is getting the highest quality education.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 11:35am

Newsflash: if a college athlete is transferring somewhere else to play after

unctoothman

4/19/19 11:39am

Cool. If he's 1 then he'll get in, no problem. If he's 2, then we shouldn't let

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 11:44am

Taken out of context.

CougarThug

4/19/19 12:00pm

It won't pass..

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