Aiken to UA
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We have had more grad. transfers lately so I wonder if certain requirements have been relaxed but I would assume it's still more difficult to get into a grad. program at WSU than other programs. From my understanding athletes are required to go through the same application process as any other student. I think that's how it should be for all schools I don't believe it's the case for many other programs in the Pac 12. I would assume it's much easier at UA.
Oh good lord.
The Poli Sci grad program are now guardians of WSU's academic integrity?
Aren't Poli Sci grads the first ones to claim using test scores in admissions (especially during COVID) are unfair?
I may be in the minority, but I'm glad WSU hasn't weakened its grad school standards to accommodate athletes. I would have a slight problem if they lowered them for all prospective grad students but would really oppose special consideration just for athletes. If that puts the Cougars at a competitive disadvantage, so be it.
Glad Cougar
Glad Cougar
I have enjoyed the Grad. Transfer athletes that have come to WSU and wish we were able to get more into WSU. I would like if there was more uniformity in what was allowed for all schools but from the information that leaks out I think the way WSU appears to handle the admission process is appropriate.
Who knows. Maybe the poly sci department has an animus against athletics. Wouldn't surprise me. What I don't get is why Aiken would go to Arizona after Lloyd dumped him for something he thought he would get, then asked him back after he didn't get what he thought he could get. If it were me I wouldn't have given Lloyd the time of day.
Just to continue to drive home what we lost Theo retweets a reply from a Dr. Taylor of EWU who had Aiken as a student. This is so much fun.
Is there a subject specific GRE for poli-sci? Some of the subject ones can be pretty onerous depending on where the holes are in your Bachelor's education relative to what those tests cover, but the standard GRE isn't that much harder than the SAT if I remember right. All the same a 3.48 GPA should be good enough to get into plenty of grad programs
Or maybe it's a bunch of white dudes and gals in the Poli Sci Dept who resent the hell out of WSU's AD.
That faculty page was whiter than a Marv Harshman WSU team photo from the early 1960s.
Most famous (infamous?) politicians who attended WSU include Sen Patty Murray (PE) & Gov Mike Lowry (General Studies) who weren't from that dept.
Most politicians are lawyers, their undergrad degrees vary pretty widely. Dedicated poli sci people are pollsters or people with a grounding in it that do history or something, I would assume. Maybe some extra cynical folks in marketing
