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[quote=Anonymous]You can calculate the data from CDS and US DoE OPE. Using these sources 35% of Williams students (745 out of 2097 attending) participated in at least one varsity sport. Even assuming ALL of the varsity students are recruited athletes, that is still 35% at tops.

Now here is the kicker. At Williams there are approx 186 recruited athletes per class (745/4), out of 1145 offered admission. That is only 16%. (People forget that the number of admits is higher than the number enrolled.) So for those who believe that recruited athletes take away admission opportunities at SLACs from non-athletes at a high level , that is not true.

As far as the cultural differences go, these are more interest based than anything else. DS very strong academically, attends WASP,  not recruited athlete, but also outdoorsy. Has easily made friends with the geeks and with the athletes. At WASP, many of the recruited athletes also have strong GPA and SAT scores and are all-rounders.  I think this cultural divide is overblown. No need to scapegoat recruited athletes. Like in the real world, those with good interpersonal skills will make friends with everyone, those with poor interpersonal skills need to fix that. [/quote]

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