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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Legacy is a problem, but kids getting into schools because of sports is an even bigger problem. Those two student populations take a significant number of spots at top schools.  A kid could be busting their ass, and an athlete who has a weaker transcript & test scores will get it. [/quote]

If it's that easy, teach your kid how to play lacrosse. [/quote]

My kid used athletic talent to access high academic college.  I can't control that that is the system, so we played that game, but it's a silly criteria to use to help gain admittance to a place for academic pursuits.

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Of course, if that’s the game, that’s the game, and people will follow the system set up. But my god is the process corrupt. [/quote]

In the end you still have to get through the academic rigor of a real school.  Most of these athletes are still smart but as stated in another thread, not the best athlete.  They are less average academically and maybe a slight above average athletically.  They rode the margins...I get parents are proud but it's really just a ruse. [/quote]

Not really. You don't get recruited as an athlete in D1 unless you are very, very good. You must be way better than "a slight above average." The Ivies basically take Olympic level athletes. E.g., Chloe Kim is going to Princeton, Nathan Chen to Yale etc.[/quote]

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