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Post by DOOMS on Feb 22, 2016 8:49:26 GMT -5
Stats are better than before. That's good. Still ain't where they should be imo. Not graduating 50% in six years is a problem. And I don't care what any other school is doing.
I gave up looking at data when I was yelling the sky is falling under Renick and few believed me.
Glad to know we're fully back on track.
As far as the topic at hand...
Johnny, I was fully for playoff participation for eons. Until I saw the numbers. Now I'm fully against it.
The Celebration Bowl is something that works for us, period. Pointing to how the national championship game appeared to have more attendance is really of no moment whatsoever. You already know the folks that attended the CB wouldn't fit into that other stadium. Likewise, if you took the 20,000 from the national championship game and put them in the dome...
Anyways, attendance is of no moment. Which meac team are you supposing would've made the national championship game? Do you go to Ivy League boards and complain that they don't compete in the playoffs? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Feb 22, 2016 9:02:43 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing this! The chancellor's earlier statement about increased applications was on point... 13,852 new apps for 2016 compared to 7,258 for 2015... thats a 90.9% increase. We've accepted 24% of the apps so far in 2016, compared to 31% in 2015, so we are being more selective. The intent to enroll will be in flux all the way to June. Great news, any way you spin it.
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Post by saabman on Feb 22, 2016 9:05:54 GMT -5
So far this year we have 13400 apps and accepted 3400...dont forget our increased focus on transfer students. 1300 freshman students have confirmed their attendance for next year. I stand by 12k Or you including on full time line students also ?
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Post by aggie2039 on Feb 22, 2016 9:20:30 GMT -5
I am including the online students. On a different note the quality of our students is increasing along with our endowment growth. The more we give the higher the quality of students we get.
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Post by DOOMS on Feb 22, 2016 9:43:17 GMT -5
For me the main issue is how many graduates of A&T we create. We create more primarily by being more selective in the admissions process, but we also have to provide retention services. I know those were severely lacking in the past as well.
I do understand that a function of our existence is to serve the underserved. That being typed, we're not really serving them if we don't have things in place to help them matriculate.
Man I've steered us off topic here. Sorry.
All-in-all, Dr. Martin has us moving steadily in the proper direction academically and athletically. What's that saying? "AGGIES DO!"
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Post by Maxell on Feb 22, 2016 11:39:10 GMT -5
Amazing number of applications! The slides support much of what I shared in the earlier post. Increased applications, more selective acceptance. Gradual increase in enrollment. I still say just over 11,000 (not 12,000), if we win another CB. A conservative outlook.
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Post by DOOMS on Feb 22, 2016 11:40:39 GMT -5
Really there's no point in enrolling 12,000 if we have no where to put them, if they cause the educational environment to suffer, or if we don't add additional staff across the board to serve that number.
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Post by aggie2039 on Mar 10, 2016 0:17:02 GMT -5
News Article GREENSBORO — The N.C. A&T campus is quiet because it’s spring break, but the admissions office is busier than it ever has been. A&T has received about 15,000 applications from high school seniors hoping to enroll in the university this fall. That’s nearly twice as many as A&T got a year ago, and the university is on pace to break previous application records. This article is just about Freshman applications not transfer students...we will see an increase in that number too. Celebration bowl? Predicting !2K students if we make it again next season.
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Post by The Professor on Mar 10, 2016 11:27:23 GMT -5
Celebration Bowl helped but not just the only reason
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Post by Maxell on Mar 10, 2016 11:30:33 GMT -5
A&T typically admits about 3,000-4,000 freshmen a year with about half choosing to actually enroll. If the applicant numbers hold, that would project to an acceptance rate of less than 30%. That's selective. On par with Howard, Spelman, Virginia and UNC.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2016 16:10:45 GMT -5
A&T typically admits about 3,000-4,000 freshmen a year with about half choosing to actually enroll. If the applicant numbers hold, that would project to an acceptance rate of less than 30%. That's selective. On par with Howard, Spelman, Virginia and UNC. According to the article, they are looking at a Frosh class of 2000 for this fall. That's an acceptance rate of 13% potentially. That's Unheard of for an HBCU. I wonder what the entry requirements will be?
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Post by Maxell on Mar 10, 2016 16:48:26 GMT -5
A&T typically admits about 3,000-4,000 freshmen a year with about half choosing to actually enroll. If the applicant numbers hold, that would project to an acceptance rate of less than 30%. That's selective. On par with Howard, Spelman, Virginia and UNC. According to the article, they are looking at a Frosh class of 2000 for this fall. That's an acceptance rate of 13% potentially. That's Unheard of for an HBCU. I wonder what the entry requirements will be? Acceptance rate is calculated as the number admitted(offered) over the number of applicants. Not the number enrolled over the number of applications. The 2000 number is not used to calculate acceptance rate. If we assumed 2000 would enroll then we probably offered 4000. 4000 divided by 14000 is 28.6% acceptance rate. Which is still very selective.
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Post by numberonebrave on Apr 20, 2016 19:00:14 GMT -5
Just saw where FAMU Morgan SSU & Howard along with Southern are ineligible for Bowl game because of APR problems
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Post by SixtiesAggie on Apr 20, 2016 20:40:10 GMT -5
Just saw where FAMU Morgan SSU & Howard along with Southern are ineligible for Bowl game because of APR problems WOW!!! Some of HBCUs cream of the crop schools.
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Post by saabman on Apr 20, 2016 20:44:44 GMT -5
Just saw where FAMU Morgan SSU & Howard along with Southern are ineligible for Bowl game because of APR problems FAMU is off and is eligible and if I'm not mistaken so is SSU, Morgan and SU I never knew that Howard ineligible:
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