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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why are athletes lumped in here? Don't they display merit in having to essentially meet an athletic and academic bar (even if the academic bar is a little different)? It is so strange to see people talk about a group that clearly has a long-developed and in-demand skillset in the same way as someone who was born to parents who happened to attend a college.

Because they are the ultimate hook. Even you admit it’s a different bar.[/quote]

NP, but PP did not say a different bar - what she described is actually an additional bar.  If a kid meets or exceeds the academic standards AND can contribute athletically, why are you suggesting that shouldn’t matter?  Very often those kids have equal or better stats than the student population at large, and they are bringing a skill set that the average applicant does not have.[/quote]

It is fine to question if that additional bar has any value.   College sports are an American thing, unimportant to higher education anywhere else.   Some think athletic skill is important and some think it is no consequence to higher education.[/quote]

Some think that participation in college athletics is a better indicator of future success than an extra 75 points on the SAT[/quote]
more like 200+

The vast majority of athletes end up as normal people.[/quote]

The vast majority of college students end up as normal people. The majority of women in c suites of fortune 500s are former athletes [/quote]

It really is amazing how companies outside of the US manage to find CEOs without a pool of ex college athletes from which to choose. [/quote]

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