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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, are you unaware that some athletes can barely write? This is just to make sure your kid is literate. Don't make this hard.[/quote]

At NESCAC schools, there are not many illiterate athletes[/quote]

That's because it's basically a continuation of club and HS sports and you have to have decent grades even as a recruited athlete.  No one beyond students, parents and some alumni even pay attention to D3 sports.[/quote]

So what?[/quote]

Pretty clear...there aren't any illiterate athletes because they have to be decent students to begin with.  The athletics aren't making the school any money so the product doesn't have to be very good which is why they can recruit decent but not great athletes that have good grades.[/quote]

Mine is a top D1 recruit who is just waiting to hear from NESCACS today before turning down a major offer. You actually don't know what you're talking about.[/quote]

Actually I do.  If true, your child is the exception not the rule especially if male.  But good for your child if they get into the school they really want to.  I hope they do because that's what's most important and to have a top D1 recruit waiting to turn down a major offer would be a huge boost to whatever NESCAC they get into.  It will immediately boost the talent level![/quote]

Trust me, there are many athletes at Amherst, Middlebury, Tufts, and the like who could easily have played at Maryland or Michigan or worse, Monmouth, but choose not to. [/quote]

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