JUCO OG Desmond Bland [Nebraska Commit]

To Which School Will Bland Commit?

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FrantzHardySwag said:
Academics were the reason he was at the JUCO. It's crazy, watching last chance U - you see exactly why those kids are at JUCO. Some figure it out, some think their talent alone will get them to where they need to go. The worst part it isn't aptitude, it's effort. If you are working hard to get good grades - the people at the JUCO will see it that you come through successful.
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FrantzHardySwag said:
Academics were the reason he was at the JUCO. It's crazy, watching last chance U - you see exactly why those kids are at JUCO. Some figure it out, some think their talent alone will get them to where they need to go. The worst part it isn't aptitude, it's effort. If you are working hard to get good grades - the people at the JUCO will see it that you come through successful.
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Well, I've finally joined the club - i watched the first season of Last Chance U yesterday and i see exactly what you were saying after having watched that.  Dayam, they were making every effort to get these kids to be successful and many still struggled.

 
Dilly Dilly said:
Well, I've finally joined the club - i watched the first season of Last Chance U yesterday and i see exactly what you were saying after having watched that.  Dayam, they were making every effort to get these kids to be successful and many still struggled.
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If you don't make it at a juco - you're not gonna make it anywhere. They hand hold those kids more than they do in high school in some cases.

 
Seeing situations like this always makes me think of "Last Chance U". Some of these kids just dont get it. People are trying to help but if a kid doesnt want to go to class or study, he wont. 

Hopefully he figures it out. 

 
Ziebol said:
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Good news here: Greg Smith is saying Bland is “good to go” for Nebraska, according to multiple sources. Bland had a positive Tweet this morning. See Hail Varsity. 

 
Dilly Dilly said:
then how is he going to get through the academics at a more stringent college/university?
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There will likely be more/better academic support staff and resources.

And I didn't find that UNL classes were more difficult than metropolitan community college classes. That doesn't mean my experience is the typical one, though. But the thing is, all community colleges try to offer classes that people can transfer directly to universities, and those classes have to meet standards in order to transfer. That's how they get a lot of their students.

I actually did have 2 classes I took both places. One was special education (for teachers). I dropped it at MCC because they were asking me to do about 5x more work at MCC than I would have to do in the equivalent class at UNL, and I ended up being right. The class at UNL was a joke compared to the one at MCC. The other was Calculus, and I needed a refresher. Hard to judge this one since I'd already taken it before but I'm pretty sure the UNL version wasn't any harder or more work. I took 4 math classes at MCC (after 10 years off of any math) and they prepared me for everything I had at UNL. Again, it's just my personal experience, but I don't think junior colleges are a lot easier than public universities like UNL, especially if they have transferable courses.

Now that being said... I once tutored a guy at UNL who was taking intermediate algebra for the 3rd time. He seemed to be getting it and then he failed the first exam because he forgot to bring his calculator. Sometimes there's nothing you can do.

 
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