Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/W3W5E-7jIng   Ok college students!  Looking to bump up your GPA?  Get yourself signed up for intramural sports ASAP!   A study of some 1800 Michigan State University freshmen revealed that those playing intramural sports earned a GPA average of 3.25 compared with the 3.07 GPA earned by the couch potatoes.  In addition, the data revealed that the athletes were less likely to drop of fail a course and were 40% more likely to advance and become sophomores during their second year at MSU.  The students in each group were matched by high school GPA, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and legacy status.   Lest you think that more extracurriculars were better, the study reported that between 4 to 6 was the ideal number.   Kerri L. Vasold, Lauren E. Kosowski, James M. Pivarnik. Academic Success and 1 Year of Intramural Sports Participation by Freshmen Students. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2019; 152102511983300 DOI: 10.1177/1521025119833000   #intr