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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe OPs kid should put the same discipline and focus in her strengths, hours of practice and conditioning, sacrifice personal and family time, train/work over holidays and breaks, and then maybe she’ll be just as good in her area of focus as her athlete friend?[/quote]

Sure, she'll be as good in her area of focus but top schools still recruit for athletics, period.[/quote]

And? Schools recruit for sports. That doesn’t preclude others from applying. Schools also try to admit the most academically qualified kids after a review of the full academic record. This post is so ridiculous. Student athletes are a small percentage of the overall student body. Athletic scholarships are incredibly limited and actually dwarfed by the sheer number of academic scholarships at most schools. If OP’s kid were actually equally talented in some other area as her athlete friend, she’d have a great skill set to leverage. Instead, she just begrudged the hard work of others. Maybe we know why the college admissions process is so hard for them?

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At top SLACs, athletic recruits can make up a significant percentage of an incoming class, probably more than any other category of hooks.  This is not insignificant and I do not think this is about a scholarship.  This is a huge advantage getting into top academic schools.

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So work harder. You know what else is a huge advantage? Top of class, honed interests, great essays. Work as hard as the athletes [/quote]

DP. My DC has done all the things you listed and still won't be admitted as early as athletes. My friend's daughter already got recruited by Harvard to play a sport. No one has been admitted this early based on academics, no matter how stellar the student and how hard they work.[/quote]

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