I heard somewhere that only 15% of players take advantage of the MLB tuition plan. That's why they can offer it to players with relatively small bonuses otherwise.
I would be interested to know how many players are majoring in engineering at a school that is at the top of the food chain both academically and baseball wise.. say a Georgia Tech. If a vast majority are majoring in engineering that may answer the question.
quote:there's a guarantee that a degree will lead to a job (ask your waiter this weekend).
Yes my youngest daughter has an honors degree from a University and paid for it by being a waitress . After graduating she continued to be a waitress. She currently makes as much or more money as a college grad and finds it very exciting .
She worked in the theater district in TO and just moved to a new restaurant (same owners)in the Toronto film Festival building. It is a high end restaurant where tips are often over $500 a night. She says the movie guys are lousy tippers though !
Just go to the school websites and check the players' majors. On some sites majors are listed on the roster. On others the info is buried in the media guide, but it's usually there somewhere. Take some of what you find with a grain of salt. A lot of freshmen INTEND to major in engineering, but quickly change to something else.
I looked at the GT site awhile back and as I recall there were maybe 4 kids that were majoring in some form of engineering. The vast majority were in business management, which apparently is the closest thing they have to a jock major at GT. The percentage in engineering at GT is probably higher than any other school. Most places you'll only see 1, maybe 2 kids trying to do it.
My son is in engineering at another ACC school. I can vouch for what CADad said, the junior year is the toughest. He told his mom the other night that even if he wasn't playing baseball he still wouldn't have time to get everything done. Doing both is a heck of a task, no matter what school you're at.
Bottom line is it's doable, but it ain't easy.
I looked at the GT site awhile back and as I recall there were maybe 4 kids that were majoring in some form of engineering. The vast majority were in business management, which apparently is the closest thing they have to a jock major at GT. The percentage in engineering at GT is probably higher than any other school. Most places you'll only see 1, maybe 2 kids trying to do it.
My son is in engineering at another ACC school. I can vouch for what CADad said, the junior year is the toughest. He told his mom the other night that even if he wasn't playing baseball he still wouldn't have time to get everything done. Doing both is a heck of a task, no matter what school you're at.
Bottom line is it's doable, but it ain't easy.
quote:Originally posted by bothsportsdad:
I would be interested to know how many players are majoring in engineering at a school that is at the top of the food chain both academically and baseball wise.. say a Georgia Tech. If a vast majority are majoring in engineering that may answer the question.
What a great debate! Never one to pass up an opportunity to throw more gas on the fire; in my opinion, there is just no way that academics ALWAYS could come first, EVEN when you are going to college. The baseball window just isn't open that long.
My oldest is now at a four year school and a junior majoring in business systems. He is a very good student and will likely graduate at the top of his class in four years. Out of high school, he had three options; "Invited walk-on" at a mid level D1, signing for a small scholarship at a nationally ranked Juco (where we thought he had a good chance to play right away), and going as a "regular" walk on at in-state school.
When we looked at all of it, it was actually a pretty easy decision; we chose the juco because it was near home and he figured that if he was going to play higher level ball right away the juco offered the best opportunity. Does it mean that we neglected academics? Maybe in some ways, but our thinking was that his baseball "window" was open for much less time than his academic window.
It might have been different if he wanted to major in engineering, I will grant that, but he was a smart kid with some baseball ability that wanted to see how far he could take it. It is also very fair to say that most of our college decisions have been baseball decisions. If your son can decide that it is not "one OR the other" but "one AND the other" I don't see a problem.
My oldest is now at a four year school and a junior majoring in business systems. He is a very good student and will likely graduate at the top of his class in four years. Out of high school, he had three options; "Invited walk-on" at a mid level D1, signing for a small scholarship at a nationally ranked Juco (where we thought he had a good chance to play right away), and going as a "regular" walk on at in-state school.
When we looked at all of it, it was actually a pretty easy decision; we chose the juco because it was near home and he figured that if he was going to play higher level ball right away the juco offered the best opportunity. Does it mean that we neglected academics? Maybe in some ways, but our thinking was that his baseball "window" was open for much less time than his academic window.
It might have been different if he wanted to major in engineering, I will grant that, but he was a smart kid with some baseball ability that wanted to see how far he could take it. It is also very fair to say that most of our college decisions have been baseball decisions. If your son can decide that it is not "one OR the other" but "one AND the other" I don't see a problem.