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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, but I'd rather spend the $6000 on building their intellectual horsepower. My kids were all good athletes but size and speed were not in their gene pool. My son was a varsity tennis player (good but not great) but he really got into science so he went to a couple of science camps. He went to Harvard and he is now a doctor. It's unlikely that tennis would have gotten him to the same place.[/quote]

So he is a doctor now, this was what?  20 yrs ago.  To get into Harvard now, he’ll have to be an outstanding athlete AND outstanding in the sciences or whatever.  My friends and I like to joke that we would not have gotten into our respective ivies if we applied now.[/quote]

No worries, today he'd still have the (((legacy))) credentials he had back then.[/quote]

Of course he will and legacy admissions have held steady at 1 out of 3.  Much easier than the less than 5% admitted from general admissions.

But you did not mention that he had legacy status in your original post where you implied being good in the sciences and being a middling athlete was enough to get into Harvard:  Certainly a bit disingenuous.[/quote]

No one becomes that good at a sport, music or whatever unless they love it.  Doubtful these kids work so hard to impress colleges ...  but talent doesn’t hurt in admissions.

He didn't have legacy status (I wish!) but he was and is really smart. It was his essay that made the difference which amazed us given he didn't share it with us.[/quote]

Neither did I but that does not mean I’ll get in now...  20+ yrs ago, admissions rate was around 10%.  Now it is less than 5%.

I know several kids who are currently attending Ivies or equivalent like MIT and got into multiple ones:  what they all have in common is that they were outstanding academically and nationally ranked in the top 50 in their sport for their age.[/quote]

The point of sports and music and other extra curricular activities is not to impress colleges but to instill something positive in your kids and a skill they can enjoy for the rest of their lives.

Plenty of people went to Ivy's and Top 5 medical schools.  My sibling did.  My spouse makes more than she does and went to a no name college.  If its money you are after in less you are a specialist in medicine its not a high paying job anymore nor that impressive. [/quote][/quote]

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