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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If you are a college recruit, you spend hours every day practicing that sport.[/b]  You can't spend that same amount of time doing something else (working for the school newspaper or developing a business, for example). I just think the college environment would be more vibrant and exciting if they valued time spent on other activities equally. Everyone admitted to these colleges obviously has to have top grades and NMSF-level SAT scores.[/quote]

Parent of a D3 athlete here. You do know that Williams is a D3 school, right?  So this "spend hours every day practicing that sport" statement is not entirely accurate for ANY D3 school. I can guarantee that the kids on my DD's team (which is consistently ranked in D3) do not spend hours every day in the off-season practicing.  They are doing internships, studying abroad, or doing service projects.

These are not D1 kids on athletic scholarship.  Many of these kids are, in fact, on academic scholarships who have a wide range of interest. Also, at the top ranked SLACs, an athlete has to be within the ranhe of admissions to even get in.  Williams is not taking a kis who can barely spell his name just because he plays football.    [/quote]

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