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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The universities, whether they are public or private, should stop preferential admissions to legacies, athletes, donors’ children, celebrities’ children.[/quote]

OP - isn’t that more of a thing for privates such as a Harvard who want to make sure alumni keep on donating?

My understanding is that athletic recruits usually have strict rules for maintaining a decent GPA.  Is that not the case?

I have never heard of doctor’s children getting preferential treatment - just that many people no longer want to practice medicine due to all the political and insurance company interfering in their work.

Agree that donors’ children should not get preferential admissions but that will probably never go away for privates …
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No, there are no strict rules for GPA for college athletes.  At most schools, the football team are at the very low end of the admitted student stats (Not at Duke, Northwestern, Stanford, and the likes but at most schools).  DO you really think at Clemson the majority of the football team had a 1310+ SAT (that's Clemson average)?   At most schools the only reqs to keep playing is maintaining a 2.0---and that is made easier if you major in a very simple major.  Communications is a popular major---very easy relatively speaking [/quote]

Richard Sherman, a top football player at Stanford barely had over a 1000 on his SAT.  All schools in D1 conferences, even the very good ones, have drastically lower requirements for football players.  If Stanford and Duke had to field a team at even the 25th percentile of admitted students they would never come close to winning a game.[/quote]

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