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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]as to the rest of your post, your kids benefitted from the ultimate hook. why can't you just admit that? the data from Harvard is unambiguous- 85-90% of recruited athletes would not have been admitted to Harvard based on their academic rating. [/quote]

Why do you assume that athletes aren't qualified academically?  In the vast majority of cases, that's just not true.  Educate yourself.  The Ivy League uses the Academic Index, which guarantees team averages for recruited members are observed.  Stop kidding yourself. There are plenty of kids with 2350 SAT who are valedictorians and National Merit finalists and editors of the school paper, and who have service hours on top of that, who also excel athletically. I lived with some of them.
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Have a read:  https://www.nber.org/papers/w26316

And if you're too busy to read it, here's the punchline:

"The admissions advantage for recruited athletes appears to be even stronger. Admitted athletes have significantly worse credentials than non-ALDC admits, and in some cases, non-ALDC applicants."[/quote]

But honestly, so what? Why does there have to be a single, straight line academic criterion? What's wrong with creating a diverse community of students? With different strengths and interests? What is wrong with it? Nobody will answer the question. As far as I can tell, the answer you have is that it's "not fair." Why is it fair that just because somebody was born with a gene that makes school easier for them they get more opportunities for higher education and, in the long, run, opportunities for success in life? [/quote]

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