Ivy was coined BECAUSE of athletics

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This is quite funny because Ivy League schools suck at pretty much every sport

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^ Except lacrosse, crew, soccer, etc. . . . And these teams are competing despite the fact that they are not giving athletic scholarships, there is no dining hall just for athletes, no tutoring specific for athletes, etc.

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OP everybody knows the ivies are an athletic conference. Is this somehow news to you?

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Anonymous wrote:^ Except lacrosse, crew, soccer, etc. . . . And these teams are competing despite the fact that they are not giving athletic scholarships, there is no dining hall just for athletes, no tutoring specific for athletes, etc.

And ice hockey 💪🏻

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Stuyvesant in NYC 20 years ago. Virtually every ivy-bound kid I knew was first or second-gen and non-athletic, plus a few urm. Everyone knew what these kids sacrificed and achieved to get their spot and no one resented them. Today, al most every Ivy grad I meet through DC’s private school got there through athletics (lacrosse, hockey, etc) and NE boarding school or private school wealth.

Seeing this side has totally changed my perceptions of these schools. I truly venerated them as a young adult and now see them for what they are—mini corporations catering to wealthy white male donor egos. The rest of the world thinks this conflation of athletics and academics is a joke, as they should.

This just indicates you have self segregated yourself from where you came from.

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Anonymous wrote:^ Except lacrosse, crew, soccer, etc. . . . And these teams are competing despite the fact that they are not giving athletic scholarships, there is no dining hall just for athletes, no tutoring specific for athletes, etc.

Nobody does crew just give it up.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ Except lacrosse, crew, soccer, etc. . . . And these teams are competing despite the fact that they are not giving athletic scholarships, there is no dining hall just for athletes, no tutoring specific for athletes, etc.

Nobody does crew just give it up.

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A bunch of area HSs do crew. And it’s very popular in T25 schools.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUMs anti-athlete posters are exceptionally single-minded in their hatred, OP. Facts will not matter to them.

The triple threat!! URM+gifted athlete+highGPA/scores

Such amazing unicorns may well exist, in theory at least.

I now of several who are scattered among top SLACs, Iv's and Stanford.

Not rare, not a unicorn, all of the ones I personally know are exceptional people.

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OMG OP, everyone knows that.

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Anonymous wrote:^ Except lacrosse, crew, soccer, etc. . . . And these teams are competing despite the fact that they are not giving athletic scholarships, there is no dining hall just for athletes, no tutoring specific for athletes, etc.

Basically, all the sports that D1 schools (and fans) don't care about.

Crew, not exactly a sport.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ Except lacrosse, crew, soccer, etc. . . . And these teams are competing despite the fact that they are not giving athletic scholarships, there is no dining hall just for athletes, no tutoring specific for athletes, etc.

Basically, all the sports that D1 schools (and fans) don't care about.

Crew, not exactly a sport.

You mean all of the safety schools in D1?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ Except lacrosse, crew, soccer, etc. . . . And these teams are competing despite the fact that they are not giving athletic scholarships, there is no dining hall just for athletes, no tutoring specific for athletes, etc.

Basically, all the sports that D1 schools (and fans) don't care about.

Crew, not exactly a sport.

Yeah crew is the biggest joke sport. Second place is lax

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ Except lacrosse, crew, soccer, etc. . . . And these teams are competing despite the fact that they are not giving athletic scholarships, there is no dining hall just for athletes, no tutoring specific for athletes, etc.

Basically, all the sports that D1 schools (and fans) don't care about.

Crew, not exactly a sport.

You mean all of the safety schools in D1?

Yeah, like all of the crappy schools like University of Michigan

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Anonymous wrote:Jeremy Lin got into Harvard because of basketball. As an Asian without basketball, he would have had a difficult time. He faced severe discrimination from all schools outside of MIT and Harvard and from the NBA, until he proved everyone wrong.

I wouldn't sell him short overall with the "because of basketball" comment. He was a great student at an elite public school (Palo Alto High).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ Except lacrosse, crew, soccer, etc. . . . And these teams are competing despite the fact that they are not giving athletic scholarships, there is no dining hall just for athletes, no tutoring specific for athletes, etc.

Basically, all the sports that D1 schools (and fans) don't care about.

Crew, not exactly a sport.

You mean all of the safety schools in D1?

Yeah, like all of the crappy schools like University of Michigan

Safety school for T10 kids.