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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a circus is trying out jugglers, and one drops no balls but the other drops one, which one should they take?

The answer depends on how many balls each managed to juggle and what else they can do while juggling. If you dropped one of 10 while riding a unicycle on a high wire, you are a more impressive act than the juggler who dropped zero of three while standing on two feet.[/quote]

Not really.  Because, in reality then, the kid with excellent grades, extra curriculars, some mediocre sports, amazing test scores, outstanding recommenations, etc. would always pass the kid who is a good athlete and below the other kid in all other factors.  No one is saying the kid with good grades is a one trick pony. He has lots of tricks...being a good athlete, is not one of them.[/quote]

[b]I think that's the thing parents of admitted athletes don't understand, lots of kids spend lots of time on non-athletic pursuits. [/b]They are just as dedicated and learn a lot of the same life skills - but it doesn't translate into needing lower stats to get into a top college or get a scholarship.

I've taught at a handful of universities from D1 to almost no sports, there are lots of perks. For instance, athletes get excused absences when even active military students do not. At the most highly ranked schools, generally, I have found that athlete students are more likely to be one dimensional, their only interest is their sport. They haven't had that mix of activities and experiences that other students have had.[/quote]

it's worse than that. Parents of admitted athletes think that athletic pursuits are inherently better than other non-athletic, non-academic pursuits and that athletics are the only way to learn certain life skills like time management, determination and team work.

Then they all love to claim that their kid was equally qualified academically and didn't get any sort of boost from being a recruited athlete.

When their next non-athlete kid applies, then they complain about all the other kids who 'don't have the test scores or grades' that get in.[/quote]

What a slow thinker you are. [/quote]

What an appropriate response - this is level of intellect an athlete needs to demonstrate to get into a t10 school. [/quote]

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