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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This info is pretty fascinating if you look at the breakdown of test scores relative to legacy and athletic recruits. (And we all know that athletic recruits at Princeton mostly = privileged white people doing sports like crew, lacrosse, etc.):

https://projects.dailyprincetonian.com/frosh-survey-2028/academics.html

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How do “we all know” that? Is it in the data? I thought black people could be good at crew and lacrosse and I would definitely expect the average track team or basketball team to include a lot of black people too.[/quote]

I think the competition for legacy is tough! Not that they are smarter, but the competition for legacy is tough.

Track and basketball are only 2 of the 20+ sports. So even if half of them are black that’s still a small percentage. Also ivy’s don’t pay unless it’s need-based And most athletes who eould qualify for financial aid  are drawn to schools where kids go pro - even if they don’t expect to; they want to be around the kids and programs that do.

- dear aunt of a black student athlete who turned down offers from Yale and Dartmouth, and ended up at large public.  :)[/quote]

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