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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread exactly replicates the NARP vs Athlete divide on NECAC campuses, this is why my DS didn’t want to apply.[/quote]

however bad you think it is, it’s much worse. Most athletes don’t care because they are hanging with their own peeps anyway, not the goth chick or film nerd from Williamsburg [/quote]
Technically, NARPs wouldn't be those goth chicks or film nerd from Williamsburg either. NARPs are the regular people who aren't athletes.

My DD is a NARP. One of the reasons she isn't interested in SLACs is because of this issue - Goth Chick/Film Nerd from Williamsburg isn't her type of people but she doesn't feel like she could be close to athletes because they would spend most of their time with their sport.

More and more NARP type kids are also choosing larger schools that aren't in the middle of nowhere. If SLACs didn't recruit those athletes, the schools would just be full of the artsy/alternative kids. How is that good for diversity? [/quote]

I’m sorry, we talking about Oberlin or Vassar? Pretty sure if you toured Williams, Colgate, Middlebury, or Bowdoin the vibe would be pretty far from Goth Chick/Film Nerd. Hell, I was even surprised at how “normie” Wesleyan was on a campus visit. No need to create this straw man to complain about the athlete admissions bump. [/quote]

Also, I’ve been hearing a lot about kids moving away from SLACs in favor of bigger schools, often southern schools. That hasn’t really borne out this year IMO. Many SLACs reported record numbers of applicants this year. And from what I can tell, it was mostly big schools working those waitlists well into August. Seems like some kids are still into the SLAC experience. [/quote]

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