I don't know if I can do this.

blprof
Tue, 13 May 2014 01:00:23 +0000

Of course bearcats would jump in here with his extreme views that are not helpful to anyone and represent ridiculous elitism. (BTW: he/her?? where did you learn English?) Are you really equating the OP to chicken crap? And what kind of analysis skills do you have (from other posts you present yourself as some top-notch Wall Street dude). Although statistics may show that a majority of admitted students with weaker skills may struggle, be unsuccessful, etc., there are plenty of those students (aka “chicken crap”) who will overcome the obstacles and do important things. Should they never be given a chance because they don’t fit some preconceived notion of what it takes to be successful?

And Stmary’s: do you really think you know more than the admissions office at UM and the directors of the bridge program? Your suggestion is that UM has made a mistake in admitting students like this and that the only way these students can be successful is to take MOOC’s, community college classes, etc. Good to know you more about educating students from various backgrounds than the professionals at a university like Michigan. Perhaps they’ll hire you, and then you can also eliminate all the “soft science” majors which are so easy to coast through.