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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it's filling up college seats with athletes first. it's ridiculously obvious that athletes are priority one - far above rich people.

I actually see fewer issues with people who pay more getting first dibs. That happens in every business. I just dont why we care who can sail the fastest.[/quote]

100% this is happening. Male athletes are taking up nearly HALF of male spots at SLACs. Those spots are gone before strong male students can apply. I'm not saying the male athletes aren't qualified but most of the rejected students at these SLACs are more than qualified and still there aren't any spots left for them. It's weird. It's particularly bad at places like Swarthmore, CMC, Haverford, Hamilton, etc. [/quote]

The ED requirement for recruited athletes benefits the school, not the athlete. The athlete applies ED in return for basically guaranteed admission. Schools could easily move these to RD but it only hurts the school because some athletes would apply ED somewhere and if they got in drop the recruited slot. The result would be even more recruitment slots given out in the expectation that some fall off. No real benefits to anyone. [/quote]

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