Have Academic Casualties...

[PonyDoh]

been reported on yet? Word has it that we're losing more then a couple starters for grades, and almost double digits overall. Is that possible?

[couch 'em]

If this is true, someone needs to be fired for not guiding these guys to the "right" professors. There are courses at SMU that ANYONE can pass. I saw complete morons get through the engineering school just by badgering the professor into giving them the answer on things, giving them extra credit, etc. etc. I saw a woman who was a senior engineering student ask in the last day of class before a final in a statistics class: "Why can't you have a probability greater than 100%?" There is no excuse for academic casualties.

[PonyDoh]

I just got the names, which I won't divulge, but we aren't bowling

[ALEX LIFESON]

It's not good at all, but, there is still an appeal opportunity for a couple of them.

[Dutch]

NAMES!

what's the point of this board? just for everyone to say "i know something you don't know"?

[ponyinNC]

what a great way to start a thursday...thanks for the upbeat news.

[PonyDoh]

NAMES!

what's the point of this board? just for everyone to say "i know something you don't know"?

there is no point to a free board other then uniformed speculation.

What does the run'n'shoot pride itself on?

[RGV Pony]

What does the run'n'shoot pride itself on?

uninformed speculation?

[PonyDoh]

It's not good at all, but, there is still an appeal opportunity for a couple of them.

How bout this, I appeal to Coach June Jones to recruit kids that can stay eligible at SMU. This isn't Hawaii. It's a small private w/an academic rep. People ooo and ahh all day, but there are reasons both revenue jobs remain quite difficult.

[Alaric]

danggit...I've been dreading news like this for a long time. If you're going to allow marginal qualifiers (like I think we should), you've got to make special dispensation for them.

I know a kid who's on scholarship at UT with a serious learning disability. UT told his family he wouldn't have to worry about passing as long as they saw effort. I don't know that we don't have that policy here but I'm guessing we don't.

[Alaric]

It's not good at all, but, there is still an appeal opportunity for a couple of them.

How bout this, I appeal to Coach June Jones to recruit kids that can stay eligible at SMU. This isn't Hawaii. It's a small private w/an academic rep. People ooo and ahh all day, but there are reasons both revenue jobs remain quite difficult.

How about, since we're a private institution, we make our own rules and create a bunch of easy classes for any of these guys who need it? Really, what's wrong with that? June Jones/Gerald J Ford v the faculty?

[ponydawg]

What does the run'n'shoot pride itself on?

I would say QB, but I'm guessing it is our WR.

Can't they make grades up over summer?

[couch 'em]

I thought the whole point of opening the school of education was to stash athletes from academically-troubled backgrounds?

If Padron is really ineligable then something is very wrong. Either we have a football-hating professor, or more likely, Padron needs a beating. A kid out of Southlake should be able to stay eligable.

[PonyPride]

Let's all calm down a little bit. SMU hasn't even posted all final grades yet — that won't happen until next week at the earliest. At this point, what we're talking about is nothing more than speculation.

[mathman]

If some are lost, can they regain it in summer school? No idea how this works.