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New 'Academic Redshirt' For Engineering Undergrads at UW

Posted by timothy on from the you-dub-not-you're-dumb dept.

vinces99 writes "Redshirting isn't just for athletes anymore. The University of Washington and Washington State University are collaborating on an 'academic redshirt' program that will bring dozens of low-income Washington state high school graduates to the two universities to study engineering in a five-year bachelor's program. The first year will help those incoming freshmen acclimate to university-level courses and workload and prepare to major in an engineering discipline."

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  1. So... they get eaten by the salt vampire? by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just picture some low income student showing up in a red shirt to a room full of grinning SOBs in yellow and blue.

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    "Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
  2. misuse of the term redshirt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    An athletic "redshirt" means you get to practice with the team but you're not allowed to compete, and it doesn't count as a year of eligibility.

    Are they saying that you get to audit all of your classes as a freshman and then take them for real the next year? If not, then they're probably misusing the term redshirt. If so, then it's "welcome to whose degree is it anyway? the major where everything is made up and the grades don't matter"