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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The McLean players absolutely used soccer to help them get in.  They may be within the cohort of admitted students with respect to grades, test scores, etc., but the acceptance rates at these schools mean that without soccer, their chances of being admitted even as qualified applicants are slim.  Harvard’s acceptance rate was under 5% this year, and every Ivy League school except one was under 10%.  Soccer is how these smart and athletic girls distinguish themselves from all the thousands of other qualified applicants.[/quote]

This is making the point.  Soccer helped them get in.  And MOST of the elite of the elite SOCCER players are not in the top 5 or 10% academically.  They simply are not.  Most of those top academics dedicate the time to academics and playing elite soccer takes a lot of time away from academics.

The original point was that McLean and Bethesda lists are impressive with respect to the level of ACADEMIC institutions the players are committing to.  FSU has a better soccer team than Harvard.  However, most of FSU's players would not get admitted to Harvard to play soccer.  The reverse is also true.  Most of Harvards soccer players would not get a spot on FSU soccer team.

So the player pool in McLean and Bethesda is full of kids that go to private schools and have a network that helps with college admission - soccer or no soccer.  Private school provides pathways not available to public school kids.

Soccer helps for sure and no one is saying that you can make Harvards Soccer team just because you have a 4.5 and 1600 SAT - you have to be able to play.  There are a handful of players around the country that are BOTH the elite of the elite Academically AND in soccer.  Those players can choose to play for Harvard, Stanford, FSU or anywhere else because they quality both athletically and academically.

I am judging whether any of this is right or wrong in terms of how things should be.

Get it now?[/quote]

*NOT judging.[/quote]

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