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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

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