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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dont know why colleges have more sports than your average high school school. Football, basketball, swimming, tennis? Okay. Sailing, squash, fencing, water polo? Why?

I literally don't understand what these low/no spectator sports adds to a school? I played club sports and those were great, added a lot to school spirit, helped with community and mental health, I'm sure. Clubs cost the school very little and require no tips on the admission side. Just make these sports club sports.[/quote]

Just like some schools teach lots more subjects and have more courses than your average high school or other colleges, some schools have lots more extracurriculars, including varsity sports, than your average high school or other colleges.  That's why there are different schools for different applicant preferences.  Some applicants prefer the more intense schedule, competition, coaching, and rigor of varsity sports to club sports and they feel those sports generate more school spirit and help with community and individual health more than club sports.  Other applicants like the kinds of kids schools with those sports attract and the vibe it creates on campus.

This really isn't different from choosing among schools generally.  If you think a school with a pre-professional focus diverts slots and resources to kids who you think aren't sufficiently intellectual for you, you choose another school.  Similarly, if you want a school that has very few sports and the ones they do have are only club sports, you can choose a different school that is a better fit for you (Reed, for instance).

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