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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIT football has been pretty stellar the past couple of years.

And so what, why not take kids who excel in the classroom and on a field or court?

OP makes an assumption that recruited athletes are somehow lesser students.[/quote]

Why assume URMs are lesser students?  [/quote]

Who said anything about URM's? Athletes come in all colors and genders.[/quote]

White people gripe constantly about how URMs are taking their spots and are less qualified, which they assume for all URMS.  Well, the reality (as the TITLE of the thread says) is that athletes are the real reason their precious little white kid doesn't get in.  there is demonstrated evidence that recruited athletes ARE lesser students.[/quote]

URMs have lower quantitative metrics than the average admitted student but I wouldn’t refer to them as “lesser students”.  Likewise I wouldn’t use that pejorative on recruited athletes.  And if you look at the available data you will find that the handicap for URMs is considerably higher than for athletes.  [/quote]

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