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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, replied too early before reading the whole. My children attended NCS and STA; they were recruited athletes and had their choice of colleges (one went ivy, the other Stanford). One graduated with a science major and being a varsity athlete helped enormously with getting offers from top consulting firms, who incidentally have special recruiting events for athletes on campus; instead went to a top MD/PhD program, where varsity athlete all 4 years in college and national team member was a major topic during the interviews. The other is still in school but has found that during interviews for on-campus research assistantships/internships/summer scholarships, being an athlete at a high level is a major plus. (Also don't forget the athletic scholarships :)
And, they learned to do their HW in 2 hours/night and during free period at school (NCS)[/quote]

For the sake of argument, let's assume the athletics route (as you are suggesting) to college is the only (or best) route available to high school kids.  And, they continue their athletics activities in college, because it carries a significant weight for securing a good job. But, unless it can be shown that these kids will become better researchers and innovators, compared to their non-athletic counterparts, my question remains. Who is going to fuel the engine of technological creativity and innovation in this country?[/quote]

If you think that the top students are the top colleges are the ones that will be making the next great innovations, you are simply nuts.  The academic types find themselves working for the non-academic ones.  Plenty of evidence to support this.  The ones who spend all their time worrying about doing well within the system are simply not likely to focus on destroying that system.  This, of course, does not mean that these top students will not do well in life.[/quote]

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