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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is wrong with athletics?  [/quote]

Athletics is fine.  Is it more important than brain power and academic ability? [/quote]

Yes, to some extent.  Schools like Harvard, the other Ivies, Stanford, etc. have all decided that having a relatively balanced class is extremely important to their brand.  Their business is producing leaders (in all walks of life) rather than just nerds (i.e. MIT and Caltech), and there's nothing wrong with that.

[quote=Anonymous]"Among white students admitted to Harvard, 54% are athletes+legacy+dean's list+faculty/staff children (column 2). Just 10% is regular admission

Big athletic school, Harvard..."

[b]Just read this and feeling injustice is real.[/b] How bad is it at other T20?[/quote]

Why don't you worry about schools in your own country?

[quote=Anonymous]Damn I mean why the vitriol . Most of the spots are taken by foreigners anyway with the exception of lax and the major sports [/quote]

This (foreigners taking spots) only happens significantly in tennis, soccer, and hockey (I'm not sure I consider Canadian hockey players to be true foreigners).[/quote]

But the point is that kids going to school in the United States have a significant disadvantage in athletic recruiting for Ivies compared to students in other countries.  The only exceptions are American football and lacrosse (because they rarely played outside the United States) and basketball (because USA is a powerhouse in this sport.). So getting into an Ivy on athletic grounds for many sports is incredibly difficult even if you do have nationally recognized talent.[/quote]

This isn't really the case except in a handful of sports, as I stated above.  Look at the rosters.[/quote]

Tennis is damn near impossible followed by soccer and maybe some niche sports [/quote]

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