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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son goes to a top academic private school that also has a football team. 
He has friends (from this school and an almost identical one) who have football offers from Duke, UVA, Cornell, Columbia, Yale, Harvard, Boston College (these are all different kids and some have multiple offers, not listed).  They are mostly white. 
[b]They're smart enough---GPAs around 3.5---or middle-of-the-pack for the grade--- and they play football well enough (nothing spectacular or all-state but they're tall and athletic). [/b]
[b]However, the elite universities are THRILLED to take these kids because they can do the academic work and fill a spot on their football roster. [/b]
The kids are literally choosing their colleges.

[b]Meanwhile the academic kids in the grade are killing themselves to get a 3.9 [/b]for some chance at getting into a top school on grades, scores, extracurriculars.

Moral of the story:  if you have height and athleticism in your family--have your kid play football.  Better yet: have them attend an elite private too. They'll walk into an Ivy and won't have to sweat out the grades. [/quote]

No brainer here. I would rather pick a well rounded athletic and smart kid than a geek for sure![/quote]
That is really concerning. Anti-intellectualism once again making its round on DCUM[/quote]

Intellectualism hasn’t really worked for the world so far.[/quote]

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