Scholarship Athletes

Students late to the party may ultimately desire attending college, but face an uphill climb replete with unacceptable academic credentials, whether it’s poor performance in the classroom, deficiencies with college entrance examinations or some combination. For the chosen few alluded to earlier, universities will waive their standard requirements for scholarship athletes – no matter what they say. However, even the superstar athlete occasionally presents too many red flags and corresponding academic risks to allow through the front door. Despite that, the community college becomes an invaluable method of rectifying academic risks by mastering developmental courses for subsequent transitioning to college-level curriculums. Eventually, transference
to a university accommodates through the existence of articulation agreements between respective institutions. The process whereby an institution’s course or credit consents at another, known as articulation, means accepting courses or requirements completed at the target institution.

For example, Florida College System institutions have articulation agreements with the Florida State University System. These agreements guarantee or facilitate transferring Florida College System credits to any institutions within the Florida State University System subject to provisional requirements similar to a myriad of existing interstate and intrastate covenants across the nation. Prospective students should meet with transfer counselors to gain an understanding of existing articulation agreements between universities of interest along with any other requirements of consequence. Problems arise when students eventually transfer course credits to institutions with differing curricula.
To help prevent this from occurring students should consider transferring entire associate’s degrees rather than individual courses which might become individually scrutinized. Unexpected course requirements after a transfer can mean encountering extra time, effort, and expenditures added to completing degree requirements at the next level.