Nixing the first choice college

Consolation
Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:58:05 +0000

I find it difficult to imagine that the probation will not be lifted.

Perhaps the question is whether your kid wants to go to a school where this kind of sports-related academic fraud takes place. Call me a cynic, but I am willing to bet that most big sports schools have some way in which their box office sport athletes are helped along in the interests not of getting them an education, but maintaining their eligibility for as long as they are useful on the court or field.

I think it is something that goes with the territory. In this case, they may have gone farther than most, and the violation was more flagrant.

At the same time, UNC CH is considered legitimately among the top flagship schools, academically. Does this probation materially affect the student body as a whole? Probably not much.

If this is other wise a reasonable choice, as it appears it is, I would not override his decision. You could have a final talk about it before he officially informs schools of his decision.