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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those who [b]can[/b], play a sport, combine it with appropriate level academics, and leverage that into a hook valued by many top LACs and universities.
Those who can't, complain and shout into the wind on DCUM.[/quote]

By "can," you probably meant having the financial means to take classes in some exclusive racist sport, rather than any special physical ability? Because with enough coaching probably anyone can become decent at some random obscure sport.[/quote]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with playing a sport at a competitive level. Anyone doing college sports - even at the D3 level - has demonstrated grit, self-discipline, a good work ethic, and teamwork. A lot of companies, particularly on Wall Street, value college athletes.

I think the question here is that given how small SLACs are, what are the implications for the general student experience when 30-40 percent of students are competitive athletes. This is not a question at schools like Stanford, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, or Michigan, which all have a lot of D1 athletes. But as a proportion of the student population, the athletes are just another group among many.

At SLACs it's different. College athletes live separate lives. Training and travel take up an enormous amount of time. And it's only normal that their collegiate lives exist on a different plane from other students. People between the ages of 18-22 are pretty tribal. And there's this huge group of student athletes essentially living apart from other students. It's normal to wonder if non-athletes are going to feel like they're part of the greater whole at a college that is smaller than most MCPS high schools. It's not for everyone. A lot of kids need a bigger and more diverse environment to find their place. People should have their eyes open when considering SLACs, particularly, as has been mentioned here a few times, non-athlete straight boys. That's a small percentage of students at a lot of SLACs these days.[/quote]

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