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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having not been a college athlete myself, I would say:
--Admissions boost to somewhere they wouldn't otherwise go
--Fun/enjoy the game/part of their identity/difficult to see that ending after HS
--Scholarship money at schools who give it
--Wasn't planning on a particularly difficult major anyway, so can put time into the sport
--Like the competition/travel
--Some are legit thinking they may be able to &quot;go pro,&quot; and some are right
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Admissions boost applies to maybe &lt;1% of student-athletes who go play at some place more selective than they would have otherwise gotten into.

Athletic scholarships also apply to maybe &lt;1% of student-athletes who go D1.[/quote]
Do you have stats on this? Doubt it. Do you think a lot of athletes at elite universities would have gotten in without the &quot;hook&quot; that athletics provided? Check out some scattergrams.

D1 aren't the only schools that give athletic scholarships. NAIA, e.g.[/quote]

It’s simple math. There are what, 20, elite colleges you think you need this hook to get into? Add up the roster spots for the sport your snowflake plays x 20. Then subtract all the URMs, legacies and trust funders and you have the ACTUAL roster spots available for random recruited student-athletes. Then take that number and divide it by all the kids in the same graduating class who play said sport. &lt;1% was being generous.

And as for D1, if you’re good enough to play D1 (highly, highly unlikely), there are a lot of mediocre D1 universities and they certainly do not give scholarships to all student-athletes. So, what’s even the point?[/quote]
The prior post must have been written by someone who hasn’t had a kid go through the college application process or read the DCUM College or Private School forums recently. The number of schools an unhooked kid from our area with great grades and scores will likely be shut out from include the top 35 or 40 universities on the USNWR list and the top 15 or 20 liberal arts colleges.  The athletic recruit hook is very valuable to families that care about college prestige.  And once you get to college, playing on the team will, in addition to all the other benefits listed here, give most kids a great community and network they can rely on in the future. [/quote]

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