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It’s well known that academic standards are lower for athletes.   I can’t believe someone is trying to argue this isn’t the case, might as well argue the earth isn’t round.  Of course, some athletic admits might meet normal admission standards.[/quote]

My kids have gone to a "big3" in DC. Between their two grades and various team mates of various sports, I can pretty much attest that to an applicant, every one these kids are as academically qualified as any "regular" academic student, the only difference being they are bringing a sport to the table as an applicant. Obviously there is the rare Allen Iverson, but you are kidding yourself if you think all of the athletes admitted, particularly to D3 and IVY schools are dumb jock not worthy of the academic slot.[/quote]

DP. Not the point. They are just as smart as their classmates who don't get in, but they have a leg up for reasons unrelated to how well they will do on their college academics relative to the also academically great classmate who isn't a recruited athlete. This is true even if that classmate also spends hours each week participating on the exact same sports teams and is on the Championship teams too. In other words, both have the academic chops and all the hallmarks of an athlete that PPs tout as valuable in college, the workplace, and beyond. So that isn't the special something colleges are recruiting for or they'd take any old competitive, 20-hour practice, year round swimmer without regard to national time standards. In the end, colleges want to put up strong athletic teams. It has nothing to do with academics or that special athletic attitude. They stand apart because they are better at sports, not because they spent more time at it or wanted it more or are a better person than the kid who came in 6th or 20th or didn't get to play because he had to babysit his sister.[/quote]

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