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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a similar college.  All three of my freshman roommates were athletic recruits.  No way would they have gotten in without a sport- they admitted as much (one in particular was waitlisted and the coach got her off the waitlist- she would have gone to a much less prestigous school if she weren't a talented athlete).  They were not successful academically.  [/quote]

OK, but when was this? And how prestigious was this college? Things have changed a lot since our day, and it's a really tough admissions world out there. I'm the PP who talked about the 4 ivy athletic recruits, all if whom are DC's friends at various area schools (DC got into one of these colleges but not as an athletic recruit, instead a national-level achievement). These aren't dumb jocks by any stretch.

I'm with the PP who said good grades and SATs aren't enough any more. These are more like a threshold, and then you need something more, which may be Intel or it may be athletics.[/quote]

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