UC Berkeley vs Stanford Asian Americans

nosering
Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:26:48 +0000

@ ucbalumnus: My husband argues that the reason why colleges recruit for sports is because televised sports brings in $$ and athletics also brings in alumni donations. He accepts this as necessary for the financial health of the schools. Maybe he’s right, but I hate this system of athletic recruitment to top schools, and I feel that other students who excel at other extra-curricular activities should be considered just as valuable.

The Malcolm Gladwell article that someone else posted said that the Ivies discriminated against Jews 100 years ago by looking for “manly” athletic traits in its applicants. I was just wondering about a possible connection between the search for “manly” traits and the prominent role of athletics on college campuses that began many years ago. I admit that the answer is “probably not”!