I'm sure we could find players at every school in the SEC who set precedent in terms of getting in with extraordinarily low academics. Pickens isn't the 1st at Georgia and he won't be the last. There are also some ding dongs at Stanford. It happens. It's probably also worth pointing out that LSU will no longer deny applicants because their ACT score is too low. Lots of schools are moving in that direction, some even eliminating the requirement to take either test. And I agree. I don't think Evans will end up at Georgia. As has already been pointed out, it is 31. And I'm not sure why you think 29 would be hard to believe. Applications to UGA have gone up significantly over the last 5 to 6 years. More applications puts a school in position to select better students.
When I was at LSU in the mid 80s, I don't think there was a minimum ACT score to be accepted. It was later implemented because of the desire to raise academic standards, but also because enrollment was outgrowing the facilities. I find the average ACT score of 29 at Georgia hard to believe also. In fact, I would find an average ACT score of 29 at ANY state school hard to believe.
After doing a few Google searches, I was able to find a number of state universities with average ACT scores of 29. I'm surprised.
Grade inflation! They probably have deleted math and science from the ACT do fears of it being culturally biased.
Yep. Of the roughly top 16 public universities, there are only a few who are at 29 or less. The lowest is UCSD at 27 although that was from a year ago. Ucla, kal, Meatchicken, Virginia, North Ave Trade School....all at 32 or better. My daughter is part of that UGA Class of 2023 statistic. She had a 32 ACT composite (including a 34 STEM score which didn't help as UGA only looks at Math and English), a 4.3 unweighted GPA, and was bringing in 11 AP/IB class credits. She applied EA and was deferred. Those are some very strong numbers to be deferred. What drives me nuts is that the UC schools now accept more OOS students than IS, where so many other schools like Georgia, Virginia, and Texas provide more financial aid to keep IS students home.
I'm not so sure about Texas. I think there is so much competition to get accepted that they don't have to offer much scholarship money. My daughter scored a 33 on the ACT with 33 AP credits and was offered nothing.
