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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My understanding is that Stanford, more so than the ivies or other top school like MIT, are more into one particular passion/talent to the exclusion of academics.  For example, an amazing athlete is more likely to be able to get into Stanford when they could never get into Harvard if they had sub-par academics.  I think at the ivies, you have to assume that even athletes or others with special talents are still top students.  Not so at Stanford.    [/quote]

This isn't entirely accurate (or wasn't, 20 years ago, when I attended Stanford), as I know Stanford athletes who were offered a full ride to Harvard but not to Stanford.

Regardless, with respect to Brock Turner, it's not just about Stanford's athletic program in general but its swimming program in particular.  There is pretty much no other swim program in the country that matches Stanford.  If you aren't an Olympic hopeful, you will not make the team.  That gives them more of a pass in admissions etc than other programs.

Beyond that, though, I don't think it has anything to do specifically with being an athlete, though the swim culture at Stanford in particular could certainly breed entitlement in someone who was predisposed to it.  Rapists can be nerds, too, though.[/quote]

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