<p>Can I adopt you :)</p>
<p>My two cents…</p>
<p>Athletes are just one of many “exceptions” granted liberties in the college admissions process. And it truthfully makes me cringe to see the 2 football players from my school who got into Harvard (who are not even attending) get in over some brilliant kids who were rejected.</p>
<p>But in all fairness, the issue becomes one of supply & demand. Every college has niches that need to be filled, and whether that is a trombone player or a football player, so be it. </p>
<p>We hear no complaints about the world class musician who gets into Harvard w/ lower stats – athletes are no different. Maybe we regard music as “academic,” but the principal remains the same: many of those musicians have lower GPA’s & SAT’s than those rejected.</p>
<p>Everyone talks about how it is so important to show passion in an EC not just be “well rounded.” Perhaps athletes are the rule and not the exception.</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>