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Stymie

I find it unseemly that there is even a whiff of collusion between the Athletic Department and the GSB which seems to allow the latter to be admitted to the GSB on a free ride in the place of some other possibly more talented (GSB-wise) applicant than Mr. Scarlett.

Agree with this! However, if Mr. Scarlett has been fully vetted and admitted to the GSB (has there been confirmation of this, btw?) on the merit of his academic and summer work resume, then I have no problem with his acceptance. If he is, in fact, a fully qualified GSB candidate, the bigger question to me is how can he possibly be expected to manage his GSB academic workload while spending, what, 20 hours a week on football? Sounds like a recipe for disaster, in one or both of these pursuits. If he is able to successfully pull this off, then wow! Just WOW! Im any case, I wish the young man great success!

Fully agree, zedcom, and I would feel the same way if he were planning to go on to Law School, or Medical School, or a Physics PhD, etc.  As one who went straight from LSJU to a GSB-equivalent MBA, I can verify that even many of the most highly qualified people admitted found it a quantum leap forward from undergraduate study, and did not have anywhere near the "free time" required these days to be both a University football scholarship player and a 1st year business/law/medicine/science school student.  If Scarlett is qualified do it--great.  If not, I am disappointed.

[Stymie]

Stymie

I find it unseemly that there is even a whiff of collusion between the Athletic Department and the GSB which seems to allow the latter to be admitted to the GSB on a free ride in the place of some other possibly more talented (GSB-wise) applicant than Mr. Scarlett.

Agree with this! However, if Mr. Scarlett has been fully vetted and admitted to the GSB (has there been confirmation of this, btw?) on the merit of his academic and summer work resume, then I have no problem with his acceptance. If he is, in fact, a fully qualified GSB candidate, the bigger question to me is how can he possibly be expected to manage his GSB academic workload while spending, what, 20 hours a week on football? Sounds like a recipe for disaster, in one or both of these pursuits. If he is able to successfully pull this off, then wow! Just WOW! Im any case, I wish the young man great success!

Fully agree, zedcom, and I would feel the same way if he were planning to go on to Law School, or Medical School, or a Physics PhD, etc.  As one who went straight from LSJU to a GSB-equivalent MBA, I can verify that even many of the most highly qualified people admitted found it a quantum leap forward from undergraduate study, and did not have anywhere near the "free time" required these days to be both a University football scholarship player and a 1st year business/law/medicine/science school student.  If Scarlett is qualified do it--great.  If not, I am disappointed.