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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a fair amount of self-serving platitudes in there, along with some insights that can be boiled down to:

Early Decision gives standard private school kids a significant edge. And these kids already have a big edge, one that is exacerbated by their generally higher test scores.

White men are advantaged in SLAC admissions, particularly athletes recruited for sports that nobody really cares about.

Rankings are junk science and yet remain influential.

Highly selective admissions is kind of a crap shoot for the most qualified candidates.

Saved you a click and 15 minutes.[/quote]

I would take issue with one thing: female athletes are the most advantaged of all.  Thanks to title IX they are recruited for many sports that few care about.[/quote]

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College softball is the 3rd highest watched collegiate sport after football and men’s basketball. They also surpass most MLB games on any given night. Woman’s basketball and lacrosse are also popular.  Personally I would watch woman’s VB and softball before all college sports but March Madness and a few bowl games.

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