Money: Cornellians lost to (and gained from) the portal

[Trotsky]

I think part of it is: delaying graduation would likely lead to a low GPA, which non-Ivy schools won't care about, but Ivies care at least a little.

Fewer credits per semester accomplishes the same thing while maintaining your 4.0.  Or you could follow my lead and be 4 credits short of 3 different majors in 3 different colleges after semester 8.

[Trotsky]

That assumes other schools won't figure out how to delay the player's HS graduation until 19.

I don't understand why you don't start the clock at matriculation, full stop.  Guy enters school at 36 and uses hockey to foot the bill for his second career Biology major?  Good!  Encourage continuing education.  The vast majority of males under the age of 21 41 aren't mature enough for college anyway.  Don't waste the experience on overgrown infants.

[stereax]

Just make it a flat 5 years

Or, call me crazy, 4?

Real... (says the person who took 5 years to complete her bachelor's. technically 6. then again, my associate's credit didn't transfer abroad so.)

[stereax]

That assumes other schools won't figure out how to delay the player's HS graduation until 19.

I don't understand why you don't start the clock at matriculation, full stop.  Guy enters school at 36 and uses hockey to foot the bill for his second career Biology major?  Good!  Encourage continuing education.  The vast majority of males under the age of 21 41 aren't mature enough for college anyway.  Don't waste the experience on overgrown infants.

Because football (mostly) - you have guys who've managed to hoodwink the system into nine years of eligibility and there are concerns around whether that's fair - as well as whether you're actually a student at that point.

And for "continuing education", why limit it at bachelor's degrees? I, for one, would love to see a law student D1 hockey player...

[stereax]

I think part of it is: delaying graduation would likely lead to a low GPA, which non-Ivy schools won't care about, but Ivies care at least a little.

Fewer credits per semester accomplishes the same thing while maintaining your 4.0.  Or you could follow my lead and be 4 credits short of 3 different majors in 3 different colleges after semester 8.

I think most high schools require you to take enough credits per semester to graduate within 4 years? But I also didn't go to high school so...

[Trotsky]

Just make it a flat 5 years

Or, call me crazy, 4?

Real... (says the person who took 5 years to complete her bachelor's. technically 6. then again, my associate's credit didn't transfer abroad so.)

You had an exchange rate.

Took me 4.5.

[Trotsky]

That assumes other schools won't figure out how to delay the player's HS graduation until 19.

I don't understand why you don't start the clock at matriculation, full stop.  Guy enters school at 36 and uses hockey to foot the bill for his second career Biology major?  Good!  Encourage continuing education.  The vast majority of males under the age of 21 41 aren't mature enough for college anyway.  Don't waste the experience on overgrown infants.

Because football (mostly) - you have guys who've managed to hoodwink the system into nine years of eligibility and there are concerns around whether that's fair - as well as whether you're actually a student at that point.

And for "continuing education", why limit it at bachelor's degrees? I, for one, would love to see a law student D1 hockey player...

But I mean hold the line at 4 years elapsed from matriculation (with a one-for-one waiver for injuries that cost you a full season). 

[BearLover]

I just want Cornell to win. So I want the system that is most conducive to us winning.

[abmarks]

Can someone explain the realistic way a kid delays HS graduation by a year two?

Short of failing something that is required for graduation, or getting permission to take an entire year off from school I can't figure it out.   Probably easier to do at a private school, but I'm trying to picture the kid who goes to a public US high school.

My high school days were certainly a long time ago (HS class of '85) but this only ever happened iirc if you basically flunked most of your classes one yr, or had a medical issue that made you miss too much class (kid had a serious car accident requiring lengthy rehab, or the occasionally pregnancy and child birth )