Social Divide at SLACs

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Anonymous wrote:I heard Hamilton is very socially divided, is this true?

It’s not. The athlete/non-athlete divide is really only a thing on DCUM.

I mean I heard it from a student so that's not true.

There are some student athletes that seem to prefer to socialize with their team and some that don't want to socialize exclusively with the team. Depends more on the personality the person than any kind of set formula.

My Hamilton athlete lives in a suite with non-athletes and several athletes from other teams then her own. That is a very common setup. Team members have plenty of together time. Finding other activities, people, and living situations provides a break from too much team time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard Hamilton is very socially divided, is this true?

It’s not. The athlete/non-athlete divide is really only a thing on DCUM.

I mean I heard it from a student so that's not true.

There are some student athletes that seem to prefer to socialize with their team and some that don't want to socialize exclusively with the team. Depends more on the personality the person than any kind of set formula.

My Hamilton athlete lives in a suite with non-athletes and several athletes from other teams then her own. That is a very common setup. Team members have plenty of together time. Finding other activities, people, and living situations provides a break from too much team time.

Same for my NESCAC athlete….some people just want to are stuff up.

[Anonymous]

It's not healthy for student athletes to only socialize with student athletes from their team.

[Anonymous]

"There is a literally a "light" and "dark" side of campus - the original Hamilton and Kirkland campuses"

To be clear, there's nothing literally light or dark about these areas of Hamilton's campus. Nonetheless,, the concept does accurately suggest Hamilton's incredible spatial variety. There's also a grey side. Similarly, the grey side is not literally grey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard Hamilton is very socially divided, is this true?

It’s not. The athlete/non-athlete divide is really only a thing on DCUM.

I mean I heard it from a student so that's not true.

Not for well adjusted kids. I see and hear the opposite from a NESCAC athlete whom I talk to pretty much everyday. I hear and observe the same from their non-athlete roommate and best friend as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not healthy for student athletes to only socialize with student athletes from their team.

This! It's so limiting socially to only hang with your team or other athletes. You're stuck hanging out at practices with them nonstop anyway and you don't want to get sick of them. Having other close friends outside the team helps keep you sane.

[Anonymous]

I would think the divide would be less so at NESCACs where everyone is mixed together in the dorms.

I know that at Syracuse, all of the athletes live in a separate area about a mile from the main campus. I am sure plenty of other schools also house the athletes all together, which seems crazy to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not healthy for student athletes to only socialize with student athletes from their team.

This! It's so limiting socially to only hang with your team or other athletes. You're stuck hanging out at practices with them nonstop anyway and you don't want to get sick of them. Having other close friends outside the team helps keep you sane.

If your kid is an athlete, I'd suggest they don't room with another athlete and find the time to join at least one club so their entire social life does not revolve around their sports team. I agree that's unhealthy and limiting. Particularly on teams like track/XC where the people on the team are actually competing against each other.

Regardless, you need a break from those folks since you already practice/travel with them during the season!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard Hamilton is very socially divided, is this true?

It’s not. The athlete/non-athlete divide is really only a thing on DCUM.

I mean I heard it from a student so that's not true.

Not for well adjusted kids. I see and hear the opposite from a NESCAC athlete whom I talk to pretty much everyday. I hear and observe the same from their non-athlete roommate and best friend as well.

Well adjusted kids? Ok. Judgy much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard Hamilton is very socially divided, is this true?

It’s not. The athlete/non-athlete divide is really only a thing on DCUM.

I mean I heard it from a student so that's not true.

Not for well adjusted kids. I see and hear the opposite from a NESCAC athlete whom I talk to pretty much everyday. I hear and observe the same from their non-athlete roommate and best friend as well.

Well adjusted kids? Ok. Judge much?

Not at all. Athletes are a minority at any of these schools yet people talk like a non-athlete is completely out of water. People also talk about boys having it harder than girls which is funny given that the gender ratios at top SLACs has a much better balance than at top Publics and the number of female athletes is basically equal to that of males because of Title IX. There is plenty of room foe everyone to find "their people". This is just a continuation of the anti-athlete bias that certain groups carry.