Collier is a great playmaker that seems to have lost his direction in the last couple of months at Miami. One reason is the recent death of his newborn son who died in childbirth.... He was just starting to be one of those break out players and I wish him the very best in his ongoing college career.... Ralph
Class attendance seems to be the "keyword" when listening to university officials talk about Collier. Nothing criminal or outrageous has been mentioned with him, it just seems that he had some personal issues to deal with and put them at a higher priority than school during that time period. Ralph
ND <r>Class attendance? You mean they have to go to class too? Damn! This college life just isn't fair!!! <E></E></r>
I sure hope to hell that my son remembers that important fact, he starts college tomorrow..... RC :shock:
Don, We did the Florida pre-paid college tuition so he had his chance to attend any in-State college of his choice. He chose to go local at South Florida Community College (Which are now called State colleges as well because it sounds better) the first two years to get his AA degree and then will probably attend either UCF or FSU to get his BA degree because they favor his degree of choice... Miami is not in the picture because its a private college and does not recognize the pre-paid money. It will only recognize the funds as current dollars and not honor the pre-paid value. Besides its $56,000 per year to attend Miami these days... :shock: I have no problem with him going local the first two years because it saves us money in the long run and Momma is happy because her baby is still at the house... :wink: Thanks for asking, Ralph
As the cost of college goes up, even at State schools, I am seeing more kids elect to go to the various community colleges and get their basics out of the way and then transfer to a 4 year college. Saves a lot of money.
Bingo! That is absolutely my plan for my 13 year old and last one in the house. Makes all the sense in the world.
My niece and nephew in Florida both went the comunity college ---> state college route. They both graduated from FSU and are doing very well in the real world. Florida has an excellent system of community colleges and an excellent route toward a college degree throught that system.
Around Houston a lot of money is being put into these Community Colleges and they have new facilities, multiple campuses, etc. The ones around here are very in tune with the State Colleges so that kids don't lose anything when they transfer. BTW if you remember that LSU had a kid who played QB for 1 year who was a Harvard transfer, he was never a starter and got injured and eventually transferred back to Harvard and is their QB this year. Harvard would not accept any of his LSU credits!
My only concern is something that has recently been happening when your child makes the move from junior college to a four year university. Number one with the current economic status more folks are going on to higher education and this makes the enrollment as tight as it has ever been. Number two concern is something I have been hearing about quite frequently. I have a friend who is a Gator alumni as his parents and grandparents are. He wants his two sons to attend UF and went with his son into admissions to transfer his son who did the junior college route. The reply from a friend of his who works in the admission building is that the University is mandated by the State to accept junior college transfers who qualify. But because more money is made with a four year student than a junior college transfer we are told to do our best to keep out the transfer students. This in turn puts more funds into our university and encourages students to not do the junior college education and attend all four years....Its a business after all and we are here to make money... RC
Ralph, Florida....as is Miami.....is such a tough school for kids to get into these days that I would be ecstatic if my son were considered to be a good enough student to get in there even if he couldn't. A nice well rounded education from UCF or USF would just have to do. My son is entering 8th grade and he would have to really step it up if he would want the qualifications to get him in to Florida. I wish it were different and his mom and I are hopefully going to be able to assist him in becoming a better student but it is what it is for now.
Dave, As I mentioned a lot of this additional pressure is related to the economy and the universitys have been overun with folks wanting to educate or re-educate themselves. Which leads to a "supply & demand" criteria and they can be a lot more selective on who they chose and if they can make more money with four year students than transfers so be it... I read a comment from Miami the other day where the criteria is so tight now that students who were enrolling five years ago would not even qualify in today's climate... RC