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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]kinda hate this term, and that it's used derogatorily to describe non-athletes. Schools which foster such strong athlete/non-athlete divides should reconsider what they're doing [/quote]

Whether or not you like the term NARP, the divide is very rael at many--probably most--LACs/SLACs. Certainly the case at Middlebury & Amherst & Williams--although some experiences may be different.[/quote]

I kinda doubt that.  I’d expect that many schools have kids like my son who played sports as a high level, was recruited low level D1 and chose to not play in college and attends a D3 school. The notion that a D3 (!!!!) athlete would in some way lord it over him or his friends (a couple of whom are similar level athletes from other states/schools that he played against in high school) is actually kind of funny.

I do remember my kid showing me a screenshot of a text a friend had sent him that he was laughing at.  Basically DS’s friend (similar level athlete in a different sport) got a text from a kid at a D3 school trying to recruit him, and part of the sell was that athletes were a big deal at the school.  My kid and his friends were laughing at the idea of basing your self worth on your status as a D3 athlete.  [/quote]

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