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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are right, there are other factors at play.  [b]There are athletes who are not as strong academically who will get in over kids who will perform better academically at the college level than the athlete.[/b]  There are kids whose parents went to the school and donate money to the school who will get preferential treatment.  I teach my kids that being qualified is only one component of being successful in life.  You need to be able to connect with people, build relationships, and seek out resources you can utilize in accomplishing your goals.  I feel sorry for the poor kids who think life is a strict meritocracy.  They are in for a rude awakening.[/quote]

My DS graduated from public HS with B average GPA and 1200 on the SAT and yet he got accepted into one of the Ivies as recruited athlete.  Many students from his HS that got 1570+ SAT with 4.75 GPA got rejected from Ivies.  DS graduated from Ivies 4 years later.  DS is not URM.  It is nothing new here.[/quote]

Average SAT for recruited atheletes at ivies is around 1250. [/quote]

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