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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait a minute. You are talking about baseball, at best the 4th or 5th most important sport in this area?

I can’t imagine many baseball players are getting preference in admissions or FA. They would be in line behind football, basketball, lacrosse and maybe soccer.

Baseball prospects in the US are clustered in California, Texas and Florida. [/quote]

I’m going to hold your hand when I tell you this… There are multiple baseball programs in the area that rank top 25 nationally (SJC is top 5), and their recruits absolutely get preference for admissions AND FA. [/quote]

Hard to imagine when baseball games have such small crowds watching them. Which reflects student, alumni and local sports fan lack of interest, which Admissions is aware of.
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You can have a hard time imagining it all you want, but it’s still the truth. Admissions is also aware of the banners hung and trophies won by those programs and promptly place them in their advertising. If you can get FA and admissions preference for playing an instrument you can damn sure get it for playing baseball. [/quote]

Sure. A few, maybe. But let's not start comparing it to sports the schools, the students, alumni, and local sports fans actually care about like football, basketball and lacrosse. Here in this area in these private schools, baseball is a second or third tier sport. Admissions and Athletic Directors know this. So when the Athletic Director goes to Admissions each year with their prioritized list, it reflects this.

Besides the schools are only going to give a preference to so many athletes in an admission cycle. They've got other competing priorities that include people who play instruments. Top students, full pays, and URMs are a few of these. 
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You got it, buddy. You’ve clearly got all of the answers. And I couldn’t care less about lacrosse. [/quote]

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