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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ I realize that for the UMC socially striving coastal set on dcum these schools might be the ultimate goal for their dcs, but let’s be honest, they’re just not a huge focus for your average talented high school athlete [/quote]

I’m struggling to even follow this thread at this point.  I honestly didn’t know MIT even had any serious athletic programs, but for serious athletes, who cares?[/quote]

I have no skin in on the game on MIT, but I would say this. My kid plays Ivy football, but when he was in the recruiting process, received an offer of admission support at MIT. He knew many other players that had also received offers of admission support at MIT. These were very good players, many of whom had offers of admission support at NESCAC schools like Williams, Amherst. Johns Hopkins was frequently in the mix as well. Obviously, none of these schools are playing SEC level football. But the point is if you think that there are no "serious athletes" at MIT, then you should also extend that perspective to D3 more generally (which of course you are entitled to do depending on your own definition).

Bottom line is that there is not small group of talented athletes our there that also bring to bear impressive objective academic performance (for example, 1600 single sitting SAT scores). It might be an inconvenient fact for those that want to believe that the Venn overlap of athleticism and intelligence is a null set. The reality is that they are out there. [/quote]

I suspect you are getting triggered because you don’t understand the difference between a serious athlete and a good or talented athlete. [b] By “serious athlete” I mean kids who want to make a career out of athletics. [/b] Kids who have a realistic dream of playing their sport professionally, for example.  “Serious” =/= “talented” necessarily.  I’m sure there are many talented athletes that would love to keep playing while studying for their primary goal of being a doctor or an engineer.

And I and many other parents of “serious” athletes are arguing exactly the same as your last statement, but from the other perspective.  Our kids who prioritize sports above anything else in life are not dumb, as some other PP insisted.  We know athletes can be smart - but a serious athlete prioritizes athletics and a serious student prioritizes academics.  [/quote]

So, this is 1% of all D1 athletes, though baseball is different because there is a more extensive professional system with the minor leagues (where of course they get paid absolute peanuts).

However, I am sorry...the median SAT of professional football, baseball and basketball players (if they even took it) is low.  Probably around 1100 (it's 1070 for NFL players).  I would wager that less than 0.1% of all professional athletes scored a 1500+.

Now, they were probably smart to go 200% in their sport, because their academic chops weren't going to produce much.
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