<p>In your University/College/Department/Major, is it common for athletes to enroll, together, in the very same sections, not necessarily the most convenient in spite of training schedule, then disturb or interfere with classes progress as a huge chunk of students miss same classes and/or arrange themselves to be within same groups when collective assignments are due (so they use "excused absence" card to overrule any professors' sylabus good intention)?</p>
<p>Do athletes in your University consistentively flock to just a handful of majors, lowering the quality of such programs as they miss classes, have lower grades and require a lot of dean-sanctioned "adjustment" (= easy way out)?</p>
<p>A lot of people schedule classes with people they are friends with, and athletes are often friends with eachother because of how much time they spend together. Plus practices and everything constrain their schedule,</p>
<p>Remember…athletes generally (other than a few name programs) have to be good students because they need to keep up their grades to remain on the team. They are about the last students who will misbehave in class…all they need is for their coach to get a complain about their in-class deportment, and they won’t like the consequences. </p>
<p>It’s true a lot of them sign up for class together…just like any other group of friends. A lot of students try to sign up for sections with their floormates, sorority sisters or study buddies. For athletes it’s often even more common because of their scheduling constraints. One coach my son spoke to expected players not to schedule classes on Wednesday afternoons (often a game day, the other being Saturday); and no classes ending after 3:30 any day because daily practice was 4-6:30. The team ran together each morning at 6:30 and then lifted 3 mornings a week. Each player had to attend a supervised study hall 10 hours/week unless grades were over a 3.6. With these constraints, it’s no wonder that players with similar academic interests are often in class together.</p>
<p>“Do athletes in your University consistentively flock to just a handful of majors, lowering the quality of such programs as they miss classes, have lower grades and require a lot of dean-sanctioned “adjustment” (= easy way out)?”</p>
<p>Well, most athletes DO seem to major in the less work-intensive majors. I haven’t seen any chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, etc. major athletes. And for the foreign language requirement majors at my school, most athletes take language classes with the least work (Italian, Czech).</p>
<p>I guess a lot of this depends on where you go to school. At my school, most athletes know they won’t go pro, so I see a lot of athletes majoring in the sciences or in engineering. </p>
<p>These majors usually take up a lot of time, and free time to do work/study/play is a premium for most student-athletes.</p>
<p>Look at the rosters of teams at West Point, Annapolis, Stanford, etc.</p>
<p>Or look at the gymnastics roster at Southeast Missouri State. Oh, and their team GPA for 2008-2009 of 3.9 with 14 of 17 girls with a perfect 4.0. Chem majors, physics majors, Pre-Physical Therapy, Exercise Science, Accounting, etc.</p>
<p>It really depends on the school. Athletes at my school don’t all sign up for the same classes. I’ve had classes with basketball and football players plenty of times. </p>
<p>As far as majors go, at most schools they’re not likely to take challenging majors, but that doesnt mean there aren’t any that do. Our crappy kicker already graduated with a degree in biology and is taking grad school classes in religion. Our center who has since graduated, graduated with a double major in math and economics. Our starting QB is in the honor’s society with an entrepreneurship major. Our starting TE is in the honor’s society with a communications major. etc., etc., etc.</p>