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To: erlayman
Not “college material” sounds rather rude as it implies kids that aren’t smart enough to succeed in college

But it's true.

Not so long ago, an IQ of 110 was considered the baseline for succeeding in college. That's less than 20% of the white population and 7% or 8% of blacks.

Now, obviously many colleges have been dumbed down, but we still do kids no favor by pushing them into college without the ability.

It's not rudeness.

32 posted on 06/12/2017 6:53:14 AM PDT by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: BfloGuy
It's not rudeness.

No, it's nonsense.

I've seen too many highly schooled people who couldn't change a light bulb, or smell the coffee. The dearth of men on college campuses has nothing to do with a lack of intelligence...perhaps the reverse.

We use so little of our intelligence that, except for the low extremes, it's irrelevant.

42 posted on 06/12/2017 7:08:45 AM PDT by gogeo (When your life is based on a false premise...you are indeed insane.)
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To: BfloGuy
Not so long ago, an IQ of 110 was considered the baseline for succeeding in college. That's less than 20% of the white population and 7% or 8% of blacks.
For the rest, there is gender, wymyn, and queer studies.
45 posted on 06/12/2017 7:18:55 AM PDT by cartan
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To: BfloGuy
Not so long ago, an IQ of 110 was considered the baseline for succeeding in college.

Average IQ of college students today - now down to 100.

85 posted on 06/12/2017 12:05:16 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspirations)
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