There are also students that did well in high school but given the freedom of college party their way out their freshman or sophomore years.
There are also students who did well enough in high school but because it was easy for them, they never learned study habits and discipline flunk out.
I don’t think it’s too much to ask to give a kid a chance. If they can’t cut it the demands of college will weed them out,
I don’t think its too much to ask that they go to Community College and figure it out. If they can get the grades there, then they can move up.
I vaguely remember a “fish camp” in 2007 but it wasn’t anything special. Lackluster really… which is probably why I don’t remember much from it.
Students have higher production value events these days. Catsback is a huge party now with concerts and such. I’m sure they do some sort of Coog indoctrination at these events.
There will be thousands of students at Cage Rage on Friday.
Friday, August 23, 2024
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Don’t miss out on all the fun at Cage Rage! Grab your friends and come on down to the field at TDECU Stadium! Enjoy music from DJ Yobi Yobz, EA Sports gaming zone, Bingo, games, inflatables, selfie stations, and much more! Plus, you can get entered in for some great raffle prizes including a football autographed by Coach Fritz, a basketball autographed by Coach Sampson, and one student will have a chance to kick a 45-yard field goal to win $10,000. Enjoy the Cage Rage tailgate area with free snacks and drinks while supplies last and fun tailgate and video games. You will also enjoy the Pep Rally with the Spirit of Houston Band, Cheer and Dance teams, plus Coach Fritz and Houston Cougar Football players! We will also debut the Football Intro video. The night will end with a spectacular fireworks show!
Enter the stadium through gate 2 and there is free parking in lot 12A.
In theory I’m completely in your corner. Let them try and 5 year graduation rates shouldn’t matter.
But, in practice, with the cost of university education, having kids spend a fair chunk of change just to see if they have the skills, is an inefficient use of money.
Cat’s Back nowadays is just the place to find new student orgs, nothing more.
I would keep our admission standards at least up to those of aTm.
Students that can’t get in as freshmen because of grades, test scores, etc., can still show that they deserve admissions by going to a community college or JUCO for a year or two; and they’ll save on tuition money in the process.
I had cousins that got into aTm and ultimately graduated from that school by going to Blinn College first.
To me, that’s the best route for “second chance” students to prove themselves.
NOT lowering our admissions standards.
If they don’t get accepted into UH, then why would they go to JUCO just to try to get into UH.
Chances are, they would go to JUCO to get into A&M (per your scenario)
There are tons of students that are dead set to go to CC for 2 years then transfer to UH
UH is improving but it’s still not a destination school. That being said, the higher ranked schools at A&M such as Mays accepts an incredibly low number of transfers.
UH has to improve academically but also improve its commuter school image.
This is true, but does not strictly apply the same way to every school.
There are a spectrum of public options, depending on your abilities and wallets.
For the same reason that they do the very same thing to get into aTm.
And it matters not whether they go to JUCO or community college for one year or two.
In the end, THAT is the way that students that need a second chance to prove themselves get in.
It’s well known that lots of kids already go the JUCO route to get into UH, and I’m cool with that. That’s nothing new. It saves money, actually!
For all others looking to be admitted as true freshmen, keep our admission standards at least on part with aTm’s.
That article uses the word “destination” actually. I LIKE THAT!!!
UH’s admission standards should certainly be in line or above ATM’s. After all, it’s pretty well known that farmers don’t really read a whole lot, but “farmers fight!”
Survey says…DING DING DING DING DING!!!
The admissions standards is simple number of students admitted vs number of applicants, we probably have a cap on students admitted based upon college capacity, number and size of classes and the like, so if we get more applicants with the same capacity the standards have to go up and if we increase class size to allow more students in without receiving more applications the standards will have to go down. We cannot arbitrarily allow more students into the university without accounting for it in class size, professors, parking, ect. that would be silly. It does look like joining the Big12 gave us a boost in applications.
LSU is rated above UH, but they don’t really have any academic standards for admission.
University of Houston is ranked #133 out of 439 National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
Louisiana State University (LSU) is ranked 36th among flagship universities nationwide and 71st among public universities1. It is also ranked #425 in Best Global Universities2. In the QS World University Rankings 2025, LSU is ranked #901-9503.
To be clear, US News ranks LSU at #185, substantially below UH. The blurb you’re reading is heavy on qualifiers (36th among flagships, presumably out of 50; 71st among publics) that make the school sound like it’s much better than it is.
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/louisiana-state-university-baton-rouge-2010
LSU is ranked WELL BELOW UH by USNEWS, over FIFTY spots lower, in no small part because their admissions standards are lower.
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-houston-3652
2.0 gpa gets you into LSU I believe
LSU is a shambles of an institution, admission rates aside. They’re constantly on the verge of financial ruin and their academic facilities are falling apart. The state government treats basically everything except the Athletic Department adversarially. They’re the beneficiaries of a century of LIV Golf-level sportswashing.
LSWho?
Red herring. First off, what is a “bad student”? Second, the average SAT/ACT/GPA for UH accepted students is as follows: 1225/26/3.49.
Those are great scores. A 1200 SAT is like the top 80th percentile. The average SAT is around 1020.
IOWs, our students are already getting way above average scores. In addition, just because a student is accepted doesn’t meant that will matriculate at (i.e., attend) UH.
If UH really wants to increase the quality of its students, the solution is simple: increase scholarships.
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