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[quote=Anonymous]Immigrant mom nerd here. The sports thing is multifaceted. They want kids that value a community and team work but they also want kids that can be newsworthy. Smart kids are great. Maybe your kid will win the National spelling bee- but that’s even more highly unlikely than a kid winning state championships. And that’s what really places private schools- making championships and getting sponsors. And it’s hard to do! So think of it from the schools perspective. There aren’t that many Regeneron like competitions locally and they don’t get a lot of coverage. But having the best baseball team or football team is easier to do because there are state and division level competitions that get press coverage. Which leads to sponsorships local and otherwise. So those kids get priority. The majority of them are also going to be pretty good students too. [/quote]
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