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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wes is a big TO school, and majority of athletes go that route.  Although my DC has encountered some truly bright athletes, very few rocket scientists in that cohort - and a few legitimate dopes [/quote]

I went to Wes so this thread caught my eye. I don’t know what TO means, but I knew some recruited athletes when I was there. As background, I got a lot of As and went into medicine, but I am no athlete.

While some of the athletes I knew were challenged by the work, essentially all of them have gone on to be very, very successful - usually in business.

In fact, DCUM would categorize the “athletes who struggled” as far, far more successful than me because those guys make a lot more money than any doctor ever could.

Success is complicated, and some of the skills honed by team sports are critically important for success in the business world and life. So I’m not sure that it’s s bad idea to get some diversity in that way. I also think there are benefits to interacting with peers who have varied interests and passions, be it sports, art, or computer science.[/quote]
So we need 25% athletes for the sake of increasing diversity? Ah, the Orwellian world in which we live…[/quote]

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