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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.  DD was a 4-year Varsity athlete.  She was even a section-leader her senior year, which is important to demonstrate leadership.

She earned admission to a public Ivy, but won’t be pursuing her sport in college.

Academics come first.[/quote]

What is a public ivy?[/quote]

It’s a made up term that sounds ridiculous to others when someone employs it. They mean UVA, Michigan, maybe Berkeley. [/quote

This sounds ridiculous. I just googled it and see it was a phrase from the 1980s! Just say "state flagship" because it sounds so try-hard to say "public ivy" let alone say "she earned admission to a public ivy." The only reason to say that is to try and portray more prestige than otherwise exists for that school. Not dissing these schools at all but it just sounds ridiculous to use this term. (It's like saying "my kid is a doctor-lite" when the kid is a physician's assistant. Nothing wrong at all with being a PA, but to make it sound more than it is sounds insufferable)!![/quote]

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