Stop the D1 glazing, kids. What matters in the real world is that you have a degree and can kick ass in your interviews. Down the road no one will care at all whether you went to Stanford or had a 2.0 GPA at Rinkydink Bible College, as long as you are dependable, hard working, and don’t require constant oversight.
Yes we know. 95% of them will never go pro. But not many people here ridicule their decision to put running over an education that is a lifelong decision. But when a runner puts their lifelong growth as a priority, some bigots ridicule them.
Kids that do this are almost exclusively evangelical christians and are picking some weirdo bible college.
Taylor University fits that bill. From their wiki page:
"Students, faculty and staff are required to sign the "Life Together Covenant" (LTC) upon joining the university.[50] Community members pledge to adhere to certain standards of conduct andrefrain from certain behaviors, including social dancing (excepting marriages taking place off of school property and choreographed or folkdance), premarital sex, homosexuality, smoking, and the consumption of alcohol, with the intention of strengthening the community as a whole. Students cannot register for classes or housing unless they have signed the LTC pledge each year. The LTC is viewed as not only a covenant, but as a binding contract as well. Penalties for not adhering to the LTC range from "citizenship probation" to expulsion from the university. In 2013 the dancing rule was modified to allow officially sanctioned school dances."
compared to other conservative Christian schools, Taylor isn’t a weirdo college.
That Life Together Covenant would beg to differ. The dancing thing is silly, and weird, but whatever. Homosexuality? They've already banned premarital sex, so why wouldn't that apply to everyone regardless of sexual preference? No need to single out gays. I'm actually surprised they can have this. What if they banned black people for the purpose of "strengthening the community as a whole"?
Stop the D1 glazing, kids. What matters in the real world is that you have a degree and can kick ass in your interviews. Down the road no one will care at all whether you went to Stanford or had a 2.0 GPA at Rinkydink Bible College, as long as you are dependable, hard working, and don’t require constant oversight.
Stopped reading after you said glazing. Stop thinking about that stuff so much, this is a running forum.
Stop the D1 glazing, kids. What matters in the real world is that you have a degree and can kick ass in your interviews. Down the road no one will care at all whether you went to Stanford or had a 2.0 GPA at Rinkydink Bible College, as long as you are dependable, hard working, and don’t require constant oversight.
This is not true in my field. The undergraduate and graduate schools attended matter very much…and not just for the first few years, but over the whole of the career.
Kids that do this are almost exclusively evangelical christians and are picking some weirdo bible college.
Taylor University fits that bill. From their wiki page:
"Students, faculty and staff are required to sign the "Life Together Covenant" (LTC) upon joining the university.[50] Community members pledge to adhere to certain standards of conduct andrefrain from certain behaviors, including social dancing (excepting marriages taking place off of school property and choreographed or folkdance), premarital sex, homosexuality, smoking, and the consumption of alcohol, with the intention of strengthening the community as a whole. Students cannot register for classes or housing unless they have signed the LTC pledge each year. The LTC is viewed as not only a covenant, but as a binding contract as well. Penalties for not adhering to the LTC range from "citizenship probation" to expulsion from the university. In 2013 the dancing rule was modified to allow officially sanctioned school dances."
"Refrain from certain behaviors, including social dancing..."
When I'm reading history and I read about socially conservative religious groups opposed to dancing and playing cards, I think to myself 'good thing we've evolved as a society', and then I read this. People pay money to go to places like this. My goodness.
I'll just throw in that the coach at Taylor spoke at our State's Coaching Clinic - and he is absolutely fantastic. He's religious - but not at a total nutjob level - and he really knew his stuff on running and culture building.
That being said - I am SO glad I ran a large public college - I never realized that not everyone thought the same way as my little bubble did until my freshman year of college.
taylor's SATs are basically average LAC stuff hence its regional ranking and reputation. if your point is it doesn't suck, fair enough. yes, she's probably not dumb to get in, nor does it suggest eligibility issues. but it's an elite recruit going to a school with mediocre academics and mediocre sports within even a small school context. i am sure you could ask folks on here for a LAC with good track and christian values and do better just asking internet randos.
Average ACT for incoming freshmen is 27. Like I said, the academics is “just fine”, womens XC were NAIA champs last year and her parents both attended and she likely wants a distinctively Christian education. Makes sense to me.
dude, this is not some 5:30 running average girl with solid test scores, and team success at NAIA is like worse than even saying they are a good D3. this isn't viewed in isolation. i am sure there are better academic schools with a national reputation who would want a top 10 recruit.
the fastest 1500 runner at taylor last year was 23 seconds slower for a 1500 than liberty's best (4:15 vs. 4:38). the fastest 5k runner is about 2 minutes slower.
you are wrong saying they won NAIA. they won conference. they finished 5th in NAIA. meh. their total time across 7 runners is the equivalent of about 17th place in D3 nationals ~ hope or amherst. which we're talking almost a minute a runner behind what the worst D1 nationals teams do. it is basically defensible only on mom and dad grounds and addy wiley. their team actually is a rival of huntington. it's a very apt comparison.
i say it's defensible as a legacy pickup because you can do "religion" better than taylor. there are evangelical D1s far better than this. this to me reeks of small town girl who barely left town and thinks her parents' school is a big deal that it's not. i get being a harvard legacy. amazing school, top level academics and athletics. if my kid was a top 10 recruit with a good SAT i wouldn't recommend my D3, sorry. and mine was top 50 LAC type place.
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