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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Student athletes bring a lot to the table in addition to academics, to say nothing of the fact that everything they achieve academically is done while they are spending hours every day in a non-academic pursuit. They tend to be highly efficient and organized and get a lot done in the time they have available. Colleges recognize these abilities and want these students at their institutions.

It’s possible that people who are not athletic and don’t have the experience of being intensely involved in an athletic activity find it difficult to understand why colleges value athletes and thus are perturbed by seeing those kids get spots they think the kids don’t “deserve.” 
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Your post assumes an awful lot about other people’s’ kids.  How do you know others aren’t “intensely involved” in non-athletic pursuits.  I appreciate that athletes have to work hard and fit in athletics and academics, but that is no different than a musician, artist, or activist that spends the same amount of hours in their pursuits.  I think we overvalue athletics.  They have a value, but no more than any pursuit that is similarly intense—and there are others.[/quote]

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