Stanford REA vs. Brown ED

PrincetonDreams
Fri, 27 May 2011 06:59:14 +0000

Wow phantas, so are you saying that the athletes here receive no boost in the admissions process?!! That, in academics, they’re comparable to the rest of the undergraduate student body? If so, why do they receive a list of easy classes every quarter, while the rest of us who are ‘bad at sports’ don’t?



sports that are too unimportant to give any admissions preference for, like fencing, water polo, synchronized swimming, squash, etc.



That’s just not true. There’s a boost in chances from every recruited sport.



Just because you went to Eton does not mean you can disdain everyone who went to public schools (as you’ve done in another thread) or those who are better than you at sports despite also being equal academically (as you seem to do here).



That was a joke. And, stalk much? :/

Anyways, I absolutely love Stanford and don’t have a bad thing to say about it (pre-frosh school pride :)). But, the truth is, athletes do receive a boost in admissions, and get in not primarily on academics, but on athletic ability. I am perfectly fine with that. No “disdain” I promise. Everyone at S got in based on one of their talents. While the vast majority were accepted based on academics (including me, I guess, since I really don’t have any other achievements lol), others are accepted for other talents that they bring to the campus. And that’s what I love about Stanford. Everyone’s talented in their own way.