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[quote=Anonymous]I understand why some people get mad when they see athletes gain admission to Ivies.  They've spent years obsessing over every decimal point on their kid's GPA and while equally obsessing over CS, while little Timmy down the street gets in because he can crack some heads on the football field. Must be infuriating.

My son had no interest in playing for an Ivy, yet now that they are knocking, he is intrigued. Should he reject an Ivy League education because some non-athlete with marginally better stats feels entitled to "his" spot? Please.

It seems utterly ridiculous not to leverage your talents to their fullest potential. The world rewards people who use every advantage they have—academic, athletic, or otherwise. Those clutching their pearls about athletic recruits would happily use their own connections if they had them.

College admissions has never been a pure meritocracy, and anyone pretending otherwise is selling something. If the Ivies value what my son brings to their campus, why on earth would we turn that down?
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