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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PP expressed concern that Potomac wouldn't grant "concessions" for "excellent athletes."  Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought he/she meant that the school wouldn't lower its admission standards or wouldn't cut students any academic slack to recruit/retain such students.  That WOULD be lowering academic standards, wouldn't it?  If a student truly meets admission standards but asks to be excused from some academic requirements because of outside sports commitments (such as tournament travel). that wouldn't bother me, because it doesn't affect other kids.  What bothers me is when a private school that purports to be academically selective recruits C students because they are great football or basketball players and will enhance the sports program.  When there are a sufficient number of those kids in the classroom, teachers have to teach to a lower common denominator.[/quote]

Here is the reality of concessions.  I was an Ivy League athlete in the 80s.  I was admitted with the following concession.   At the time, my Ivy School had average SAT scores for their admitted students of 1300 (this was in the days of the old schools.  I got admitted with SATs of 1100.  I believe this was a the bottom end of what they viewed was acceptable, even discounting for athlete concessions.  Admission process aside, I was absolutely required to do the same level of work and course load as any other student.  There were no favors granted.  Once in, you had to cut it.

I don't believe it is much different today at the Ivys.  It is more dramatic at other high quality schools.

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