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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having not been a college athlete myself, I would say:
--Admissions boost to somewhere they wouldn't otherwise go
--Fun/enjoy the game/part of their identity/difficult to see that ending after HS
--Scholarship money at schools who give it
--Wasn't planning on a particularly difficult major anyway, so can put time into the sport
--Like the competition/travel
--Some are legit thinking they may be able to &quot;go pro,&quot; and some are right
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Admissions boost applies to maybe &lt;1% of student-athletes who go play at some place more selective than they would have otherwise gotten into.

Athletic scholarships also apply to maybe &lt;1% of student-athletes who go D1.[/quote]
Do you have stats on this? Doubt it. Do you think a lot of athletes at elite universities would have gotten in without the "hook" that athletics provided? Check out some scattergrams.

D1 aren't the only schools that give athletic scholarships. NAIA, e.g.[/quote]
DP. I’d add that the admissions boost is not something spread evenly among athletes around the country. The kids who get the admissions boost are mostly the kids who have had their eye (or the kids whose parents have had their eyes) on the academic prize since the kids were in kindergarten. Of those who are talented athletes by HS age, many in this subset will have a decent chance of playing at a top 30 university or top SLAC. [/quote]

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