kgdabom -> RE: NFL Draft 2020 (5/4/2020 8:51:45 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson Jordan Fehr bench presses 415 lbs., has a 40.5" vertical leap and raaccn a 4.45 40. Not bad for a middle linebacker, but his most impressive feat may be that he was on of the best football scholars in the nation. He had turned down a scholarship at Harvard and was a semi finalist for the nation's top football player scholar award. Something is not quite right. First, if true, he would have to be the first person ever to turn down a Harvard scholarship to go to Appalachian State. Second, Harvard doesn't offer scholarships -- might be confusing a scholarship with financial aid, which is something that a significant fraction of students get these days at expensive universities. I thought Harvard offered academic scholarships. Just not sports scholarships. No, they do not. No ambiguity. Did Fehr turn down an admittance offer from Harvard? He says so. I am now his Twitter friend. I'll ask him. Wait. I just checked online and Harvard offers no scholarships even for football players. However, they do provide financial help based on need. Just like you said. A friend of mine Paul Cameron played on three straight state tournament teams for Little Falls 75-77. One champion and 2 third place finishes. He was runner up to Valedictorian I think that's what is called Salutatorian. He went to Brown another Ivy school on an academic scholarship is the way I recall it. He doubts he would have been offered that academic scholarship if not for his being a top notch athlete as well. That was 43 years ago so things might be different now. http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=does+harvard+offer+scholarships I never said Harvard or Brown were giving academic scholarships now. I thought they may have 43 years ago, but that seems unlikely. Just sharing what I remembered. Maybe I misunderstood. Maybe he was saying he wouldn't have been accepted on his academics alone and needed the athletics as another acceptance factor. Now I'm curious about how much Financial Aid these schools might give. Can any poor person who is accepted go Ivy for free? They claim they are "need blind". If a student gets accepted, they'll provide sufficient financial aid. In reality, student applications provide sufficient information that a school can make an educated guess how much a particular applicant can afford to pay. Let's just say they're not going to accept too many students that can't pay. Also they admit/accept students based on things other than academics if Risky Business can be believed. [:D] I think they look at participation in student council and athletics that kind of stuff.
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