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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]

Only in America.[/quote]

Which is where all the non-Americans seem to flock for education.[/quote]

And questioning the contribution of student athletes to the quality of our higher education is legitimate.  You think athletics is important to higher  education and others do not.  Not giving so many sports to tennis players means more spots available to students with higher level academic interests.[/quote]

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