Oso planning to go pro
Cristo Rey seems like such an excellent program. The interns I've worked with that attended there were all top notch and, importantly, had plans/drive/ability/skillset to thrive in the future regardless of their background. I feel like it is one of the best things to happen to Milwaukee in a long time in terms of education. I wish it could be replicated a thousand times over.
I don't doubt that, but their program is so tough and strict on little things before defaulting to expulsion that they're able to artificially boost their numbers. If you get rid of everybody that's in the middle, everybody for slight misdemeanor (untucked shirt), have mandatory internships, mandatory school year round, then you're only dealing with the cream of the crop and of course there's no weak candidates because they've already been taken away by then. Essentially if you've only ever seen cream you'd assume that's the only things that comes out of a cow because you've never had to see the milk the farmers skim the cream from before it gets to you.
Devils Advocate, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Their trying to create an elite prep school setting for high achievers in the MPS system. If you’re on scholarship to a private school, there are a number of requirements to adhere to that seem outrageously strict for the average MPS student. I’m reasonably certain they aren’t expelling otherwise good students for having their shirt untucked once or twice.
I've looked into these allegations before, and this wholly and completely undermines what the school has accomplished. They do hold students to a high standard (but I never heard of a student being dismissed for an untucked shirt), but the number of kids who left or dismissed for discipline reasons is (if I recall) something like 1% of all students. And that was in their national network... which the Milwaukee school is one of their best schools and likely out performs their network as a whole in this regard and in academics overall. Not to mention their overall retention rate year over year, even with the higher standards and requirements, outpaces most other MPS and charter schools. All of this is ignoring the amazing things they accomplish with these students. Things I have witnessed first hand. Students who can barely speak english, operate a phone, understand an excel spreadsheet becoming poised, professional, skilled workers who come out of their shell and open up to new aspirations that they never thought possible before. Things like going to college, traveling, finding a professional career, etc. It really is awe inspiring when you see a youngster go through this transformation right in front of your eyes.
I'll trust your research, as I said to Wags I am only repeating things that were said to me from my fiancé about the potential job.
What's lost in all this is that the freshman class is only 1,650 students. That's the same size as last year's COVID freshman class, which was the smallest since 1997. A "normal" freshman class is around 2,000 or slightly above. This trend is not good for the university's finances.
Does acceptance rates tie into this at all?The acceptance rate I found on the Internet for MU for 2019-20 was 83%.
Question though, do we have room for more? My class was in the 1400's in 1994. I know we put caps on admission post 2003 and were renting local hotels and turning study lounges into room because we didn't have room in the halls. Is MU trying to limit enrollment and bring in a higher level of student?
I graduated from MUHS in 1971. There were a few students students from my freshmen class who were told not to return for their sophomore year either due to poor grades or the trouble they made as freshmen. I think that was a big advantage for serious students. I do not understand why our education system dummies itself down to cater to kids that do not care and tend to disrupt education for other students. Lack of accountability is why our education system lags behind other countries.