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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The last post is such a misrpresentation, that it is pathetic.

Yes, the Ivies let in athletes with lower academic qualifications than other students.  But the difference is not nearly as great as the post would let you believe.  They are very close in qualifcation, albeit lower.  There is a floor at an individual student level athlete, not an index that gets applied across the entire pool.  Rest assured that student athletes at the Ivies are very smart.  They are simply not going to take kids who can't do the work.

If this were true, then the best lacrosse players would be going to the Ivies, instead of the ACC.  They are not.  The difference between the Ivies and the ACC in lax athletic quality is widening.  The Ivies are very good in lax, but they haven't had a national champion in over 10 years
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This defense of the Ivies is such a misrepresentation it pathetic. Thank goodness its so easy to refute. Do the math.  (http://home.comcast.net/~charles517/ivyai.html)

See what Academic Index band you get into with a 1250 SAT score and a class rank in the 60th percentile. Do those numbers sound "very close" to their peers? I'd say they were a long way away from 1600 and the 99th percentile.

The minimum score allowed is 171. You get that by taking .1 of your STA score and adding it to the inverse of your class rank percentile. A plodding student with a good class rank and 1100 can be accepted.

Now you can believe who you want to believe. The previous poster or me. I'm indifferent. But since I have been challenged, let be be more clear. In the past 15 years I have seen some real dummies go off to Ivy League schools and graduate. Graduating wasn't a problem because everyone graduates. Some of these kids were widely recognized as 40 watt bulbs. Brown has been a favorite destination.

There are better athletes at the ACC schools .... but UVA and Duke aren't academic non-entities. Students choose these schools over the Ivies all the time.
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