Athletes have such an edge

[Anonymous]

My friend’s son has many offers from good schools - only one application submitted - and just committed to a school where he hadn’t applied.

[Anonymous]

This is our culture. I agree it makes no sense. Really what do sports have to do with pursuit of higher education? I don't think.any other countries play collegiate sports like we do. But you have to accept it as it is just the way it is here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is our culture. I agree it makes no sense. Really what do sports have to do with pursuit of higher education? I don't think.any other countries play collegiate sports like we do. But you have to accept it as it is just the way it is here.

I do accept it but it’s crazy. His sat is about hundreds below the average accepted sat there.

[Anonymous]

If you are talking about all sport like lacrosse or crew or field hockey, these recruits statistically will presumptively be successful in their chosen careers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are talking about all sport like lacrosse or crew or field hockey, these recruits statistically will presumptively be successful in their chosen careers.

I’m not but what does this have to do with anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend’s son has many offers from good schools - only one application submitted - and just committed to a school where he hadn’t applied.

There is no way they didn’t apply. They might have applied after a verbal offer but they still filled out the forms and sent their transcripts etc . . .

[Anonymous]

You haven’t figured out that our society values sports over education?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are talking about all sport like lacrosse or crew or field hockey, these recruits statistically will presumptively be successful in their chosen careers.

What a flimsy statement. I am sure kids who play lacrosse or crew are disproportionately from wealthy families and have grown up with lots of opportunities. They aren’t successful because of their sport. (Not even getting to what is the definition of success and what stats are you using).

Yes, OP, I find colleges favoritism to atheists to be so bizarre and frustrating. College is not an athletic endeavor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You haven’t figured out that our society values sports over education?

Lol. My community voted to spend millions on a new turf field and spend bubkis on improving the computer education available to the students. These kids are graduating HS without comprehensive computer knowledge that will help them but I guess they get to run around on turf? So misguided and stupid.

[Anonymous]

If you even knew everything an athlete had to do during the commitment process you would not be complaining.

Wow! the score is 100 less, bfd.

Athlete GPA's are higher than the average GPA than the average college student.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the sport, of course, but athletes bring in alumni support and money.

[Anonymous]

Most athletes who are successful in their chosen sport spends hours and hours of training and have the discipline & work ethics to be successful.

Having a specific skill - a sport, musical instrument, singing, dancing is MUCH more rare than a kid with high stats.

Scarcity creates demand thus colleges will fight over an athlete much more than a kid with 1600 SAT/4.0+ GPA.

I have one kid who is academic and another who is athletic but I guild them not to be defined by it. You are more than your grades, school or sport.

Be a good person and kind to others!

[Anonymous]

Yep and we worked it to our kids advantage. The more you know.

[Anonymous]

The typos on this thread are golden.

I "guild" my kids

"atheists" not "athletes"

worth reading for these hilarious changes alone...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You haven’t figured out that our society values sports over education?

But you can get into a good school with amazing academics and zero athletics, but if you have amazing athletics you still need academics that are far above average.