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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I highly doubt student athletes are being offered college admission without applying.

My DC is nationally ranked in their sport and attends a test-in magnet program with a 4.0 unweighted GPA. DC spends 99% of the day working on schoolwork or getting better at the sport they compete in. There are many athletes in a similar position. Frankly, schools like athletes-it shows their level of commitment and perseverance.

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What sport? I played on a high school with a guy who ended up playing basketball at UNC. Coaches recruiting him asked what his GPA and SAT were and then offered him a spot. No admissions officer at those schools was going to tell a mens basketball coach no for a kid who met the minimum requirements. [/quote]

DP. For the 100th time there is a massive difference between DI and DIII recruitment, between different sports, between specific schools, and between numerous other factors, too many to list. The problem with these "the athletes have it easy" threads and with responses like the one just above about the UNC basketball player is that it presents generalizations as gospel. Stop with the generalizations.

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PP said they doubted there were athletes who didn't apply. If you think that a five star wide receiver going to Alabama is actually bothering to write essays or even fill out 90% of the application, then I have a bridge to sell you. [/quote]

DP. Yes, they write essays. Not perhaps as detailed as some, but yes, they write them.[/quote]

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