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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Waitaminit, I thought athletes had it easy all the time and it was a cakewalk for them!  At least that's what I thought from reading this forum...[/quote]

Yep. The truth is that to be a recruited student-athlete at the DIII level an applicant has double the work and stress as a normal applicant. But of course folks like to attack before fully understanding the DIII process.[/quote]

Please. Setting aside the student’s “athletic career,” in the worst case, the athlete applicant has submitted its application and gotten the college’s coaches to put in a good word for the application; in a best case the coach’s support definitively gets the applicant accepted. Vs the thousands of non-athlete applicants (the actors, the flute a players, etc) that get no extra support for their applications in any scenario. [/quote]

Your perception is very far from the reality.  My performing artist will submit his performance resume, and complete multiple auditions. If he does well, he'll get extra support for his application from the music department.   At many of the schools he's likely to look at, the selection is almost 100% based on the audition, and a top musician has a good shot at getting into a school (e.g. CMU, Northwestern) where they'd never have a chance academically if they didn't have the musical talent.  In contrast, athletes still have to pass multiple academic hurdles to be admitted.

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Why would it be a good idea to choose a school where a student might struggle academically even if they could get admitted?[/quote]

Who on earth said they would struggle? Do you really think a few points difference in GPA and standardized test scores determines who will do well and who will "struggle?" In fact, the committed musican or athlete have a lot going for them in terms of preparation as they head into college. There is a reason even the top universities aren't just filled with straight A, perfect score students. They could be, but those are not the only measurements for successful students. You see, it's not about filling classes with the very topmost academic students. It's about filling classes with interesting, engaged, diverse students who will find success on their terms. People have simply got to let go of this bizarre idea that it's a top to bottome GPA/test score ranking that determines college admissions. [/quote]

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