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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are many colleges where sports aren't very important. Among the Ivies, Penn, Columbia, and Brown are less sporty than Harvard, Yale, Cornell, or Dartmouth. NYU isn't sporty at all; I went to grad school there and didn't even know where undergrads played sports. Engineering schools like MIT and Cal Tech tend to be less sporty. Others have mentioned Chicago. University of Rochester is D3 but sports aren't a big deal. This is just the tip of the iceberg.[/quote]
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This is more nuanced. I went to an Ivy - student life/social life was not driven by sports culture (except perhaps for the people that were actually on those teams). However, recruited athletes definitely have an edge in terms of admission. Varsity Blues scandal is real! And, there were definitely certain classes and majors that were "favorites" for recruited athletes because the majors had fewer requirements. For example one major had a lot of athletes and most non-athletes in the major were double majors.[/quote]

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