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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I went to an Ivy 20 years ago, there were recruited athletes who quit after the first season. It was kind of tough for them because there was a bit of snobbery around recruited athletes, a lot of people who weren't regarded the recruited athletes as beneath them and didn't really socialize with them. Their former teammates didn't want to hang out with them once they quit either, and they seemed kind of socially isolated. I won't say it was right or kind, but the dynamic was there and it would make me hesitant to have one of my kids do what your son is thinking of doing.[/quote]

I also went to an Ivy 20 years ago and while I do remember the general snobbery towards athletes and the divide between athletes and non-athletes I don't think it was as bad as you're describing. I knew a fair number of people who played for a season or two, either as a recruited athlete or a walk on, and stopped and did other things, and no one really cared.

The divide between the athletes and non-athletes was mainly between those whose entire life seemed to be about the sport and who didn't engage with the rest of the student body, and they exacerbated it through certain common behaviors and attitudes (arrogant jocks). But if you dropped the sort and joined a few clubs and made friends with others, I don't think you'd have been discriminated against or judged. [/quote]

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