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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The premise of this thread is ridiculous.  There are plenty of travel athletes that are also outstanding students.  My DD has a friend who plays soccer, was a NMSF and went to an Ivy to play - along with 25% of her travel team who also went to Ivy schools.  My DS was valedictorian, a National Merit finalist and plays his sport at an Ivy.  My DD also played her sport at an Ivy and had the test scores and grades to attend without her sport (though we all know getting in without the athletic commitment was not guaranteed).[/quote]

Every sap clings to the outliers who go onto play at an Ivy or UVA ... while ignoring the 99% who never play in college or end up at a no name regional D2 or D3 school. And if the sport helps them get into a more prestigious school, you're admitting they're going to be the dumbest on campus. In other words, too dumb to take advantage of the opportunity (read: easiest major, below average GPA, and treated like a dumbbell by their legitimately smart classmates). It's not like just because your dumb athlete gets into Brown they're fit to get into medical school or a shoo in to be recruited by Goldman Sachs IBD.[/quote]

Who. Cares. Seriously. Do you have nothing better to do? [/quote]

Poster is bitter their child didn’t get into Ivies bc their child had nothing to make them stand out from the other 1000 of 4.0 GPA and high test scores. [/quote]

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