<p>No, I said that right - they need to recruit athletes, just like all the other colleges, but probably not as heavily. If they have losing teams, then why would an athletic kid want to go there? I assume they are not bending the admissions rules that much because it’s more of an academic atmosphere, and the kids still have to have a fairly high GPA, but I don’t know that for a fact. I don’t think there’s too many stupid kids there.</p>
<p>Of course it’s not fair to non-athletes. My son got totally shut-out of the Ivies for just that reason, as well as the fact that he was the wrong sex, the wrong color, and in the wrong part of the US. But that’s the way the game is played. A 4.0 and a 2300 SAT score don’t mean a whole lot at the top schools. </p>
<p>Luckily, for my son, Haverford obviously doesn’t follow the same rules as everyone else.</p>