This is pretty ridiculous

collegemom16
Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:30:22 +0000

languages1 shame on you for disparaging athletes. I believe your example (athletic admissions) is just as fair as your daughter’s situation (Under represented minority). The student you speak of has a talent that deserves to be recognized (athletic). In order to be a college athlete that student has worked hard to become one of the top 1% of their peers at what they do. Becoming that good took talent and work way above and beyond what other high school athletes accomplished. Athletes put in upwards of 20-30 hours a week to their sport in addition to doing the same challenging school work their peers are doing. Athletes bring something valuable to the college campus just as do great writers, musicians, scientists, and entrepreneurs. They are given a leg up through recruitment because they have earned it through hard work, talent and accomplishment.