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[quote=Anonymous][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]

It’s not that they are bullied, it’s just that they sort of lead separate lives. The fact that some of the jocks were selling him on the idea that they were BMOC speaks to the existence of this divide.

While your son might have been a top athlete, most of the other NARPs were probably nerds/band/theater/LGBTQ types [/quote]

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