<p>I think many prospective students choose the school partially because of the sports scene, although obviously for precisely the opposite reason that many students choose big DI schools. One of the ways my father “sold” Emory to me was by emphasizing its DIII status. I know a number of other students who consider the total lack of sports derived school spirit a huge positive for the school (personally I think school spirit based on athletics isn’t real school spirit).</p>