<p>And Rant I will! You were not the student, or parent of a student currently enrolled and hoodwinked by the misrepresentation of Wake Forest!</p>
<p>The truth is, what triggered this had alot to do with the retention rate of this years freshman class. Maybe you should have fired your enrollment staff instead of trying to pass the blame on proficiency tests. How redicilous! The 5% of students dropping out, were either to weak at finding a nitch, too weak at starting their own nitch, not strong enough to follow through, too week to handle pressure, or unable to cut the academic courses, because; their SAT scores did not support their GPA’s, and your standards were too low. </p>
<p>Common sense asks, how will admitting more students with good GPA scores but low SAT scores solve this problem? It will only make it worse, unless of course; Wake Forest plans to lower their course standards.</p>
<p>Hatch’s answer is an easy way out for a weak leader. With more kids than ever fighting to get into high ranking schools, your rentention rate should be better than ever. </p>
<p>His excuse, blame it on proficiency tests and lower the standards, when the real problem is, Wakes standards were not high enough, and your enrollment staff was not savy enough to spot the loosers. </p>
<p>Only a real leader can withstand the pressure of holding up the standards of a top 30 school. Mr. Hatch is a quitter, just like the 5% of students who left. He does not have the strength, the wisdom or the talent to represent the 5,000 students at Wake Forest who really can cut the mustard!</p>
<p>Lets get rid of him before, the damage is irrevocable!!</p>
<p>By the way lets find out what the loss ratio was for freshman classes at Duke, Davidson, Emory, and Vanderbilt University, all schools with higher standards, institutions, and a staff who really can cut the mustard. </p>
<p>Lets be honest, Hatch’s real mission is to turn Wake into another just O.K. University. This puts less pressure on him in the long run, guarentees high enrollment and retention - which is always the case when standards are lowered.</p>