Texas C transfer Jake Raulerson NOT heading to UCLA after all
Jake Raulerson Won't Be Coming to UCLA
June 8 -- The offensive line graduate transfer from Texas, Jake Raulerson, won't be transferring to UCLA after a snafu in the transfer process...
Texas graduate transfer Jake Raulerson was expected to be at UCLA this fall, but that won't happen, according to sources.
Raulerson, who graduated from Texas in three years and had the capability to transfer and play for two remaining years under the NCAA graduate transfer rule, verbally committed to UCLA last winter.
Having started some games at center for Texas, he was expected to provide some much-needed help on UCLA's thin offensive line for 2016.
Raulerson applied for admission to both the MBA and Masters in Applied Economics programs at UCLA. He was given assurances that, if he wasn't admitted into the MBA program, he would have a spot in the MAE program.
He was subsequently turned down for both programs this spring.
He was then offered a spot in the Masters of Education program, with the chance at internships in Los Angeles, but Raulerson, according to sources, wasn't comfortable with that option.
Raulerson wants to pursue a career in sports management.
Since it's so late in process, Raulerson finds himself without spots available at many of the schools he was considering last winter. Even though he was told he'd be accepted into graduate programs at Stanford, Michigan and North Carolina, it appears that there aren't spots open for the graduate transfer at this late date. Raulerson, more than likely, will end up staying locally and enroll in the MBA program at SMU.
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Raulerson had his mind set on entering a top tier MBA or econ program. Michigan was in serious contention until they reviewed his transcripts and informed him that admission to either program was unlikely. What was surprising (or perhaps unsurprising) was that UCLA with similarly rigorous standards accepted him.
This last part is pure supposition, but from the outside it appears UCLA made false promises in order to lure him to campus by which time his options would be limited.
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What you describe is more readily available for 2nd tier MBA programs (and a handful of folks in enrolled in a special program at HBS/Stanford)
i find it hard to believe that UM hasn't had any 5th year football players in their MBA programs.
..at least, ever since the 2000s or so.
There have been some undergrad rossers w qualified based on academic merit (e.g. Zoltan) but they were all special teamers
For a masters of accounting, it's possible. There were a couple of fifth year senior athlete's in those when I was in the MBA program. For the others, it's less likely as they put more of a premium on work experience.
He applied to the MBA program at Texas?
I thought that the 5th year transfer loophole involves finding a masters program that your University doesn't offer. Did that get changed?
the area of study at the new school must not exist at the current school. "mba" is generic. there are a plethora of majors within mba programs.
Not quite correct. If the player has already transferred once, he or she cannot transfer as a graduate unless the new school has a graduate program the existng school does not. If going for a first-time transfer, that requirement has been dropped, and the graduate transfer is free of restrictions.
Take him if you got a spot.
He should just go to a different Masters program that will accept him and then let the rest of his college career and potential pro career play out.
After that point, he can always go back to school and get an MBA or Econ Masters if he thinks it is worth the investment.