UChicago is Tops at Top Prep Schools

JBStillFlying
Sat, 02 Jan 2021 06:29:52 +0000

sushiritto:

Sorry I’m not an “academic superstar,” so I didn’t understand your post.

These Chicago “cheerleader” type threads are as common as house flies here on CC.

Sorry that the argument went over your head. I’ll make it simple. “Academic superstar” is usually determined by some sort of metric (top grades, a curriculum that includes graduate courses or the rigorous version of a subject, etc.). One is not deemed an “academic superstar” merely by being smart and/or getting into a top school (Harvard in your example), and athletes would of course be subject to the same metrics as anybody else on campus. Obviously, it’s possible for athletes to pull good grades while choosing to spend an enormous amount of time on their sport, but we know from personal experience and more objective assessments that this usually involves choices that tend to water down the chances for being an “academic superstar.” No doubt they are all still receiving a fine education at a top D1 - and no doubt there would an exception or two.

As to the second comment, I’d argue that the analogy isn’t quite correct. The flies would be what the thread seems to attract. Perhaps the thread is more like honey.