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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you ever considered that if Lax was the only way these kids could get into these top schools that maybe the top schools aren't going to be the right fit for them?

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You are clueless.  Lax doesn't get a kid into a college they wouldn't otherwise get into, it just gives them the boost to by pass other kids.  Its the equivalent of being a legacy or maybe even better.  Colleges are smart, they want kids with the most promise, the most  going for them and those are these athletes.  Smart lacrosse players are one of the best bets a college can take. [/quote]

Different poster, but, no.  Most of the Ivy lacrosse recruits, while strong students who will do fine academically, would have no chance of admission without the recruited athlete hook.  The recruited athlete hook is far more significant than legacy, and the Ivies are quite open about acknowledging that.  These are good students.  But they are going to schools that reject 93% of their applicants, including many with perfect GPAs and perfect board scores.[/quote]

College is about much more than bringing together all the kids who got 100% on one test and if you don't understand that it's not really worth arguing this point. As the parent of a Holton lacrosse player[b] I can assure you that these girls are top students who maintain a very challenging schedule in addition to playing lacrosse[/b] (and often one additional sport) year round. This requires discipline and hard work. You know, the kind of thing that make people successful in life. Maybe colleges want kids like that?[/quote]

The girls may be but the boys are hardly rocket scientists. When my DS was at Landon 99% of the lacrosse players took the easiest courses and were not the top students in the grade nor were many of the other players in other grades. It was pretty well known that they got into these schools because of lacrosse otherwise they would never had a chance.[/quote]

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