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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I only know of athletic recruits. The class is small, so a good percentage of students are athletes. They don’t really lower academic standards for athletes, but the needed ability isn’t that high - some accepted didn’t even make varsity at their high school. [/quote]

That’s totally dependent on the sport.  Men’s soccer, for instance, has a new coach who is ambitious.  They are recruiting mls next level players.  I know an athletic recruit that is going there next year.  800 sat math, 4.0; ap calculus in 8h grade, math competitions, research with two professors at a relatively prestigious state university, name on published paper, 3 different ap physics classes, etc.[/quote]

Probably…their basketball team hasn’t won a game in years and their baseball team’s 10 wins (and 30 losses) matched their record high number from the late 1960s.

For baseball, coach said nearly 1/2 of each class’s players are walk-ons.  They get accepted on their own and then play.  All played before and many are decent…this isn’t randoms getting to play.[/quote]

Doing the math - the total count is about 1000 (google search not exact).  Given 16(both Men and Women counted separately)  varsity sports - Doesn't that mean the number of athletes are greater than the  non-athletes?

Caltech is really a jock school masquerading as an elite tech school.

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Brilliant analysis!  Not flawed at all.  You only have to be on campus for five minutes to realize it’s totally a jock school.  Which means it cannot be an elite tech school.[/quote]

So you saw it too? 1000 sleeper builds. Not sure if they are all natty.[/quote]

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