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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is a D1 athlete at a T25. Yes, he had SAT score above the 75th percentile for that school and 4 plus gpa with 10 AP’s. Happened to be a stellar athlete to boot. Same for another kid whose stats and rigor I know on his team. It’s incredibly difficult handling academics and 40hours of sport/travel a week, so having a solid academic base/study habits/intellect is essential.[/quote]

Again, what is the sport?  We all know that the "one-and-done" basketball players at Duke do not have anything near the stats of the non-athletes at Duke.[/quote]

You do realize that college basketball team generally has 3 or 4 recruits per year right.  Out of, what, 1500 freshman seats at Duke? But the vast majority of college athletes don’t “go pro”.   And even taking what this thread says at face value (ie, that athletes on average would not get in otherwise), so what?  Colleges have always taken a range of academic pedigrees and accepted students who demonstrate talents in other, not strictly academic, areas?  I went to a T20 “Power 5” college.  I tutored some athletes. Became friends with a couple.  They didn’t come into college as prepared as most others did.   But you know what, they were as a rule more than capable of doing it with some effort.  They really hadn’t had to put in much effort in HS because 15-17 year olds, gasp, sometimes don’t think like adults and live in the moment, which for them was their sport they were generally a star in. Nobody was putting pressure on them to ace Latin.  I personally do not begrudge the handful of recruited athletes who attend elite colleges.  To me it proves you don’t have to have an impeccable resume to be able to do the work or add to the university community.  [/quote]

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