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<blockquote data-quote="flyfishingfrog" data-source="post: 2636178" data-attributes="member: 70903"><p>so what you are saying is we are willing to lower our academic standards for transfers - that the idea is a 3.7 anywhere is the same as a 3.7 at TCU - and not that the idea is a 3.5 at TCU would be the academic equivalent of a 3.75 at a JUCO?</p><p></p><p>I realize the chances of a kid getting a higher GPA at a JUCO with lower academic rigor is higher - that is why when we evaluate transfer students for both acceptance and financial aid - WHERE they come from is a major consideration.</p><p></p><p>There are multiple pools of academic aid for each calendar year and level of matriculation within the school - while an existing student can't compete for aid set aside for transfers, they can ask for it from the pool of aid for existing students, which has a larger pool and actually has lower level requirements on average because we do think it is harder to get better grades at TCU than at some less rigid academic institution. It is also why every one is a case by base basis - because a kid transferring from say - Penn - probably doesn't need the same grades as one from San Jac to get accepted or to be offered an academic scholarship.</p><p></p><p>and I assume your son is on an academic scholarship or his coach is working to stretch a limited athletic scholarship budget. TCU's baseball athletic scholarships are fully funded and if everyone of those kids wanted to live on campus, it would happen. Living off campus is an option for upper classmen but we are not going to only offer 10.5 scholarships if all the uppers decide to live on campus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyfishingfrog, post: 2636178, member: 70903"] so what you are saying is we are willing to lower our academic standards for transfers - that the idea is a 3.7 anywhere is the same as a 3.7 at TCU - and not that the idea is a 3.5 at TCU would be the academic equivalent of a 3.75 at a JUCO? I realize the chances of a kid getting a higher GPA at a JUCO with lower academic rigor is higher - that is why when we evaluate transfer students for both acceptance and financial aid - WHERE they come from is a major consideration. There are multiple pools of academic aid for each calendar year and level of matriculation within the school - while an existing student can't compete for aid set aside for transfers, they can ask for it from the pool of aid for existing students, which has a larger pool and actually has lower level requirements on average because we do think it is harder to get better grades at TCU than at some less rigid academic institution. It is also why every one is a case by base basis - because a kid transferring from say - Penn - probably doesn't need the same grades as one from San Jac to get accepted or to be offered an academic scholarship. and I assume your son is on an academic scholarship or his coach is working to stretch a limited athletic scholarship budget. TCU's baseball athletic scholarships are fully funded and if everyone of those kids wanted to live on campus, it would happen. Living off campus is an option for upper classmen but we are not going to only offer 10.5 scholarships if all the uppers decide to live on campus. [/QUOTE]
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