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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone think this is just a ploy to get someone to withdraw from their contract before May 31st...?
 If not, what does the newish HOS have to say about this? Perhaps a change is afoot?[/quote]

Have you looked at the list of where girls are going to school next year? It’s very impressive. The OP is completely deranged seriously.[/quote]

Op is absolutely nuts. She posted the same question on another thread. [/quote]

What’s nuts?

There’s a list of top college acceptances and the URMs, athletes and Big donors hoovered them all up. I’m sure they had decent grades and smarts too. [/quote]

Of the 7 or so Athletic recruits  I know from DC's Big 3 grad year ( in the last 2 years ), 4 were also Cum Laude society, Presidential Scholar nominee, who took the most challenging courses and  were on several clubs in a leadership role ( Editor of school paper, etc.. ) in addition to being WAPO All Met, nationally ranked in their sport

Being a recruited athlete often means high performer in other areas, which is why colleges bet on them for decades[/quote]

These girls are outstanding and deserve their admits.  BUT what about the club leader, cum laude, most rigorous courses etc same profile but athlete ends up at Columbia and students 2 who is unhooked ends up at BU.   They are both brilliant but one has a much stronger outcome.  And imagine student 2 who is top of their class then facing all the other kids who aren’t cum laude and taking the most rigorous courses end up at higher ranked school due to the hooks.  That sucks for student 2.  [/quote]

Then student 2 should have tried to be more like student 1 and be a great academic candidate AND a great athlete. But student 2 didn't show that kind of hard work and commitment. I'm sure student 2 had to work hard, but not as hard as athletes have to.[/quote]

SO TRUE!  Because no other extracurricular requires commitment and hard work![/quote]

You don’t understand. Being an athlete teaches you such things as time management, grit, teamwork and learning how to lose. These are all traits that can only be gained through being an athlete.  That’s why schools like Harvard admit them even if their academic ratings are at the bottom of the pile. [/quote]

Hahahahahahaha. What?[/quote]

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