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Starry Messenger

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5. And the GPA requirement is higher than for the hard sciences.

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 17, 2013, 12:02 PM

Jun 2013

It makes no sense.

"Carter, who says the program has room for many more students than the university is letting in, said she is heartbroken for the students who were turned away -- especially those who fell short of the newly raised GPA level, which she considers an irrelevant standard for evaluating artists. She said faculty considered a T-shirt protest: "Not smart enough to be an animator? Try physics! Try engineering! Try chemistry!"

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San Jose State animation program: Hundreds of students shut out [View all] Starry Messenger Jun 2013 OP

California has massively disinvested in public higher education.... mike_c Jun 2013 #1

here's something hopeful from the California Faculty Assn.... mike_c Jun 2013 #2

Thanks mike_c. Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #3

Also why should GPA exboyfil Jun 2013 #4

And the GPA requirement is higher than for the hard sciences. Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #5