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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I handle that better than dumb athletes at T10/20/Ivies.

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Those dumb athletes are both smarter and more successful than your children. Was just hanging out with some Cal and Stanford volleyball players this morning. They would eat your kids as snacks.[/quote]

You are missing the point.  The point is that they are not as smart or academically qualified as other non-athlete applicants who are denied admission.  Schools have different academic standards for recruited athletes.  Have the decency to admit it.[/quote]

Actually you are missing the point. They are qualified for admissions and that is all that matters. There are thousands of qualified applicants turned away every year in favor of other qualified applicants who have lesser stats but stand out in some other way. That is how holistic admissions works. Have the decency to treat all of those admits including those who are athletes with the respect that they deserve.[/quote]

Many non-athlete applicants who "stand out on some other way" are nevertheless not held to lower academic standards to gain admission.   Standout musicians who play in the school orchestra, for example.  Also, there is this from Forbes:

"A 2019 study conducted by economists from Duke, University of Georgia, and University of Oklahoma found that at Harvard, '[b][a] typical applicant with only a 1% chance of admission would see his admission likelihood increase to 98% if he were a recruited athlete. Being a recruited athlete essentially guarantees admission even for the least-qualified applicants.[/b]'"

Link to the study below: 
https://public.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/legacyathlete.pdf[/quote]

A recruited athlete is not a "typical applicant" they are someone who excels at a sport. If people care this much about being a recruited athlete then spend more time practicing a sport, since it's so easy and almost guarantees admission.[/quote]

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