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Post by princetoncrusader on Jan 27, 2024 10:10:40 GMT -5
The problem is that's not how prospective applicants find out about colleges in today's world. Our admissions target is the high school student with 1500 SATs, lots of activities and community service. That student isn't sitting home on a Saturday afternoon watching a game between two FCS schools he or she has never heard of. The demographic that watches college football the least is high school students. How many high school students attend our games? And we give tickets away. This is particularly true of highly qualified girls. They tend to be interested in football only if a brother or boyfriend or best guy bud plays. Otherwise they're busy doing other things. Today's high school students get their information about colleges where they get most of their information, and that is online, not from watching college football games.
Yes, we had a great football year in 2022 and got valuable media exposure. And it's also true that applications for admissions were up in fall of 2022 compared to 2021. But to say that the increase in applications in 2022 was a result of our football success in 2022 is to misunderstand how the applications process works. The students we're after spend their junior year in high school exploring options. By early summer they have narrowed their list down and they make visits in summer and early fall. Then they decide where they're going to apply. So almost all the applications we got in 2022 were from high school seniors who had already had us on their radar since at least spring. They didn't first hear about us by happening to watch the SDSU game.
Valid points, but don't underestimate the social scene a successful athletics program (primarily football and basketball) creates. And, student satisfaction with that social scene spreads more rapidly now as kids are getting their info online via social media etc. There is a direct correlation between the success of those teams and the volume of applications. It may be far smaller at a school like HC, but there absolutely is a direct positive correlation. I sat in the endzone at Alumni stadium behind the HC student section. There were definitely a good number of female students in that crowd who stayed through the lightning delay, and they certainly appeared to be having an enjoyable time.
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Post by joe on Jan 28, 2024 12:48:23 GMT -5
Valid points, but don't underestimate the social scene a successful athletics program (primarily football and basketball) creates. And, student satisfaction with that social scene spreads more rapidly now as kids are getting their info online via social media etc. There is a direct correlation between the success of those teams and the volume of applications. It may be far smaller at a school like HC, but there absolutely is a direct positive correlation. I sat in the endzone at Alumni stadium behind the HC student section. There were definitely a good number of female students in that crowd who stayed through the lightning delay, and they certainly appeared to be having an enjoyable time. And when the game resumed, purple clad fans emerged from all the different tunnels throughout the stadium until it felt like a home game for HC. Unbelievable moment.
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Post by newadvisor on Feb 3, 2024 13:32:13 GMT -5
With the upcoming Giving Day approaching, are we going to see any more details about the collective.. Like I said previously on this post, I am much more inclined to donate to the athletes than the CAF. In hopes the kids actually benefit from the funds raised.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 4, 2024 7:03:12 GMT -5
With the upcoming Giving Day approaching, are we going to see any more details about the collective.. Like I said previously on this post, I am much more inclined to donate to the athletes than the CAF. In hopes the kids actually benefit from the funds raised. Who benefits from the CAF?
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 4, 2024 10:27:27 GMT -5
The college - in the larger sense.
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Post by hc6774 on Feb 26, 2024 7:27:35 GMT -5
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Post by trimster on Mar 5, 2024 7:48:22 GMT -5
Someone on the Fordham board said NIL stands for “Now It’s Legal.” BTW, multiple fans on their board would rather see Fordham leave the A10 than get involved in NIL. Few think NIL has been rolled out the way in which it was intended.
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Post by HC92 on Mar 5, 2024 8:19:33 GMT -5
Someone on the Fordham board said NIL stands for “Now It’s Legal.” BTW, multiple fans on their board would rather see Fordham leave the A10 than get involved in NIL. Few think NIL has been rolled out the way in which it was intended. While Fordham is now a semi-competitive 6-10 in the A15, there really have enjoyed no sustained men’s hoop success over their roughly 30 years in the league. The NIL might not be the reason to leave.
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