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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've done this math myself and think it's true - worse at some schools with higher athletes accounting for 35% or more.

But the it's hard to know how many athletes are recruited or in those ED pools, as you point out. I know kids who started a sport once they got to Bowdoin, etc. Rowing, rugby, even mainstays like golf and tennis. These kids were too busy grinding in HS to join the golf team.

But in any case, I think you're right that ED doesn't help. And the numbers can be misleading.  [/quote]

Interesting. I've heard of this for rowing and rugby as many HS do not offer either team and I've heard about some walk-ons at LACs for football, soccer. I've never heard of that for golf or tennis. The kids on the golf and tennis teams were grinding it out too - they were just also going to practice. Maybe this happens at some lower ranked LACs, but even there those teams are stacked with recruits.

With 2 kids who were HS travel club athletes, I've been deep in this world. One quit their sport in COVID and the other switched sports for college. I know the D3 athletic world from when I played as well as DH. We have many friends with kids playing. And we have a close relative who has worked in college admissions office and now advises students, including student athletes, applying to college. The kids you are talking about are a tiny share of D3 athletes and may have had other hooks when applying ED.

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