Athletics support at Yale?

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<p>With one child at Yale, and one at Harvard, my impression is that neither student body supports athletes all that much – except for the big game, which just seems to be a huge excuse for students and alumni to start drinking at 9am. (Yes, I’m very cynical of the value of sports at those schools. It may be better actually to evaluate each school based upon the “feelings” you get from coaches and players, as your student will be spending the majority of their non-classroom time with them in practices and games). </p>

<p>This article, which is several years old, will help you see what Yale values: <a href=“Athletes hope next president will raise recruitment - Yale Daily News”>http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/09/21/athletes-hope-next-president-will-raise-recruitment/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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During University President Richard Levin’s tenure, the percentage of athletic recruits at Yale has decreased from 18 percent in the class of 1998 to 13 percent in the class of 2015. </p>

<p>… the number of recruits has remained low because of an increasingly selective applicant pool and a higher “opportunity cost” for each admit. For the class of 2015, Yale recruited only 177 of a total 230 athletes allowed by the Ivy League.

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