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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These niche sports- fencing, sailing, squash, rowing are not the normal hyper competitive ones like baseball, football, basketball, cross country, volleyball, etc.

Too few engage in these esoteric sports to even matter.  When you have millions and millions competing in particular sports that is far different than 200 in the entire country.[/quote]

The niche, elite sports are Ivy centric. So those are the sports a kid should do if they want a chance as an Ivy recruit. The other more  widespread sports are for lesser schools and public plebes. This thread is about Ivy recruitment.[/quote]

Yes.  They aren't niche, though, they are Olympic sports.  The Ivies focus on the Olympics.[/quote]

Participation rates say otherwise. Squash, sailing, fencing and rowing are niche sports played by very few. For those trying to game an Ivy admission they are far easier to be successful in than real sports.  Most high school students find the real sports much more fun.  The funny thing about squash is it is getting its clock cleaned by pickleball and is becoming an even more nichy niche sport.[/quote]

Cool, so tell your kid to play a niche sport.  Then they might actually get a good job when they graduate from college.[/quote]

Many of these niche sports require access to squash courts, golf courses, sailboats or rowing shells, horses..... They are definitely sports for wealthy kids for the most part.   And it's fine for wealthy kids to have their expensive niche sports, but don't pretend like anyone can just go out and master these sports without plenty money to invest in it.[/quote]

Tell your kid to run track instead of making excuses.  Track has the largest roster of any collegiate sport.[/quote]

No one's making excuses.  Ivy recruiting is incredibly competitive.   My recruited athletes were not good enough to get recruited into the ivy league.  My student was admitted for academics, not athletic ability.

A lot of niche sports are populated by kids with the money to invest in learning to master the sport.  That is just a statement of fact.

If you get recruited for track, you have had to compete against a much much larger population of athletes than someone that gets recruited for squash. [/quote]

The track kids, a sport which has SAT and GPA requirements for IVY recruiting, got in for academic ability AND athletic ability.  Most of the kids had the stats to get in on their own, they used track as a guaranty.  That's just being smart at life![/quote]

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