Comments on: What’s Your APR? http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/06/whats-your-apr/ the ubiquitous college basketblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 01.12.09 Fast Breaks « Rush the Court http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/06/whats-your-apr/comment-page-1/#comment-680 01.12.09 Fast Breaks « Rush the Court Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:50:26 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=857#comment-680 [...] touched on academics and basketball a few months back, but a recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution piece (h/t to The Big Lead for finding [...] [...] touched on academics and basketball a few months back, but a recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution piece (h/t to The Big Lead for finding [...]

]]> By: Breaking Down ESPN’s Prestige Rankings « Rush the Court http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/06/whats-your-apr/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Breaking Down ESPN’s Prestige Rankings « Rush the Court Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:42:11 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=857#comment-679 [...] this benefit the schools that are willing to take the one-and-done guys even if it does hurt their APR. That is unless those guys start going to Europe. Cinderella getting 2 points for a 1st-round [...] [...] this benefit the schools that are willing to take the one-and-done guys even if it does hurt their APR. That is unless those guys start going to Europe. Cinderella getting 2 points for a 1st-round [...]

]]> By: “…inherited a tremendous amount of dysfunction” « Rush the Court http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/06/whats-your-apr/comment-page-1/#comment-678 “…inherited a tremendous amount of dysfunction” « Rush the Court Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:35 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=857#comment-678 [...] of a poor APR score in 2008-09.  You may recall that the Hoosiers with a score of 899 already ranked in the bottom eight BCS schools in the most recent APR scoring.  Seeking to counteract an anticipated horrendous score based on [...] [...] of a poor APR score in 2008-09.  You may recall that the Hoosiers with a score of 899 already ranked in the bottom eight BCS schools in the most recent APR scoring.  Seeking to counteract an anticipated horrendous score based on [...]

]]> By: rtmsf http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/06/whats-your-apr/comment-page-1/#comment-675 rtmsf Wed, 07 May 2008 22:56:05 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=857#comment-675 Willie - Are you serious about Tx Tech and Kansas??? If true, it makes you wonder how anyone fails at those schools. rtmsf Willie -

Are you serious about Tx Tech and Kansas??? If true, it makes you wonder how anyone fails at those schools.

rtmsf

]]> By: Willie http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/06/whats-your-apr/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Willie Wed, 07 May 2008 20:42:47 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=857#comment-677 It's difficult to compare this data across schools, and even moreso across conferences. there are a lot of ways to 'legally' manipulate grades. for instance in the big 12, Texas Tech and Kansas allow students to drop a course with no academic record at all up to and even after finals. At Texas A&M and Texas, you can only drop a class within th first few weeks or you'll get a "withdraw/failing" mark which affects your average. It’s difficult to compare this data across schools, and even moreso across conferences. there are a lot of ways to ‘legally’ manipulate grades. for instance in the big 12, Texas Tech and Kansas allow students to drop a course with no academic record at all up to and even after finals. At Texas A&M and Texas, you can only drop a class within th first few weeks or you’ll get a “withdraw/failing” mark which affects your average.

]]> By: Thirtyfive Seconds » Archive » MORNING ROUNDUP - 5/07/08 http://rushthecourt.net/2008/05/06/whats-your-apr/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Thirtyfive Seconds » Archive » MORNING ROUNDUP - 5/07/08 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:35:57 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=857#comment-676 [...] Buzz around the interwebs continues to center on the APR ratings released yesterday. Rush the Court broke down the numbers in much greater detail than us, with some interesting [...] [...] Buzz around the interwebs continues to center on the APR ratings released yesterday. Rush the Court broke down the numbers in much greater detail than us, with some interesting [...]

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