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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]athletes are ridiculed at Wesleyan by everyone except the athletes [/quote]

Many of them do stand out but I think you are going overboard. Many of them are self-aware about their differences and try to blend in. And [b]contrary to the rest of this thread[/b], the vast majority of them are academically on par with (or even academically stronger than) non-athletes. [/quote]
What are you talking about? They got in because they are athletes. Most rejected applicants were “academicallly on par.”[/quote]

A huge percentage of athletes at these schools are academically on par with their peers. [b]Perhaps being an athlete put them over the top [/b]when competing with roughly equivalent applicants. I think that is very different than the misperception that it is athletes who make up the bottom 25% or whatever of the class and that there are none who are 50% or higher.

I know a number of current and former student athletes who would likely would have gotten into their schools without being an athlete. But that doesn't fit people's narrative.[/quote]
There is the root of your ignorance: recruited athletes have a fist on the scale — much more than a finger. If your DC was not an athlete, like every other applicant to top schools, admission would be extremely unlikely to occur. Duh.[/quote]

But, they are an athlete that has a specific skill that took a lot of time to craft. Pretty dumb to just dismiss all the hours of work put into that vs some bs non-profit or random club "leadership"[/quote]
There are many like extracurriculars requiring equal time. They are not valued equally. They get a finger on the scale for admission. Athletes get a fist. The fist is the problem for athletes — not the finger. Athletics should be treated like any other activity, as it was a generation or two ago.

If you still don’t get it, make a fist with your hand. Now stick out one finger. Not. The. Same.[/quote]

I’ve heard this “fist/finger” rant before. Love how much this person hates athletes. Sadly, [b]I think they’d be a little disappointed if they knew what NESCAC recruiting looked like a generation ago (early 90s).[/b] Same complaints about the athlete/NARP divide. Same complaints about the perceived lesser qualifications of NESCAC athletes. Only now these complaints are amplified by social media and to some extent the common app allowing students to chase prestige with greater ease (kids were not applying to 20 schools in the 90s). Sports is a huge part of the culture of these schools. They are some of the highest performing in DIII. It doesn’t matter if you don’t see the value in XC or crew. Apologies if the deep pocketed alums don’t come to homecoming to see your kid play the violin. Many of them come to see football or field hockey (or lax in the spring). Plenty of other options out there if you don’t like it. [/quote]
Percentage of recruited athletes has gone way up, and walk-ons way down. I am sure you are a “little disappointed” to have your ignorance dispelled. [/quote]

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