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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this still the case"

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"I wish I had fully understood how athletics permeate nearly every aspect of life at STA, and if your DS is not "into sports," he's simply not going to fit in with his fellow-students, the faculty, and much to my horror, the other families."

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There are plenty of kids who are very arts focused, for example, or are great students who are non-sporty in the sense of traditional team sports.  But it is an all-boys' school and sports do permeate the school culture more than might be the case at some co-ed schools.  Lots of kids have fantasy football teams and on "free dress" days there are lots of Redskins or Premier League Soccer jersies, so watching sports is clearly a key downtime activity.

However, I would [b]strongly[/b] disagree that the faculty will not be excited about a bright, non-athletic student.  Although many faculty coach, certainly not all do; moreover, it would also be a mistake to assume the faculty who coach don't value the students on their intellectual merits.  [/quote]

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