Gobigred wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 8:06 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:03 am
OCanada wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:53 am
Cornell is a land grant college. So is MIT and Tuskegee.
In the four contracted colleges admission standards are less onerous for in-state students, in-state tuition is available for in state students etc.
Cornell would recruit some athletes into the contract schools for that reason when i was in college. The lax team would occasionally get some lax players from Farmingdale ( hope that is the right one). A few first teamers. Other schools referred to it as a farm school. MIT is pretty good company to be in.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land-grant_university
Whatever the reality is, it only works as an effective "donkey punch" to Cornell folks becuase they seem to care too much about protecting and declaring their private status. If they let their actions on the field and as people stand on their own and let this slide like water off their backs the conversation would stop pretty quick.
It would stop quicker without your unnecessary postings. Accuracy matters, in case you haven't noticed over the last six or so years.
Just to be clear, I didn't mind Ezra's correction a bit...the "sigh" was unnecessary, but the correction was appreciated at least by me. I didn't intend to misstate, just pointing out that these questions are more complicated than what one might assume.
I don't think there's any need to be defensive, at least in terms of
my intent. It had nothing to do with any sort of criticism; never occurred to me.
From a lax perspective, I, too, recall that Cornell was able to pull a few players into those colleges. Helped, at least in eras past...I'd think it might still?
It also helps that the AI is calculated on the entire undergrad body, which enables CU to have a slightly lower AI than any of the other Ivies. But it's still darn high, so no need to be defensive.
