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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More schools will be doing this because it is a relatively cosmetic change and good PR; it barely moves the needle. Athletes have a far greater impact: what about admission preferences for Wesleyan’s 900 or so athletes, the vast majority of whom are white? Reserve plaudits until Wesleyan, Amherst and their brethren do something about the real issue. This is a mere distraction from more fundamental change, so don’t fall for it.[/quote]

What the heck? Where are you getting 900 recruited athletes at Wes? That’s nearly a third of the student body. I went to Wes and hardly knew any serious athletes. I serious doubt thirty percent of the student body is recruited athletes with admissions preference.

I do agree with doing away with athletic recruitment however.[/quote]
You are right. It is closer to 25%. So almost 800. It is irrelevant whether you thought they were serious athletes: they have a huge fist pressed down on the admissions scale — and legacy was but a pinky.[/quote]

Where are you getting these stats from? Just because a kid is an athlete doesn’t mean he was recruited and given admissions preference.[/quote]
This is NESCAC we are talking about, where the vast majority of athletes are recruited/given some sort of pre-read — regardless if it is officially a “slot.”[/quote]

First, I have been through this recently.  Kids are NOT given an athletic preference.  That is made very clear by the coaches during the recruiting process.  Google AI index.  That is what schools use and the index for athletes needs to be = or higher than the general student population.  This is for high academic NESCAC and similar schools not for large state schools.

As far a legacy admission, I think the virtue signal is rich.  They could change this any time they wished if they felt it was wrong.  It will most likley change without any press coverage when donations slip.  [/quote]

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