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some elite schools remain secretive about their info like Harvard which put zeros in all of their SAT tables....guess some things will never change!
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<p>Although Harvard did not fill out the tables, there is interesting relevant info within the report:
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......both the athletes and non-athletes admitted by the institution have excellent
academic credentials. There is less than a 100-point difference between the average SAT scores of recruited
student-athletes and those of students in general, and the differences within ethnic and gender categories are
similarly small. Harvard is comfortable with these small differences between the admission profiles of its student-
athletes and the profiles of students in general, given the unusually large time-commitment associated with
students in consuming extra-curricular activities such as sports, music, or dance at a national or international level.
In this country and throughout the world, the time-commitment that excellence in academic and extra-curricular
activities requires has increased significantly. Students sometimes begin athletic careers soon after entering
primary school and pursue their sports year-round. As students progress toward high school, the demands on their
time for conditioning, training, and athletic contests rise dramatically. Often students are obliged to travel weekly
through much of the year because of their sports. Traveling squads can require students to be on the road weekly.
Athletic contests may necessitate traveling hundreds of miles, and on occasion they may even include international
travel. Some young athletes choose to leave home altogether to attend athletic training facilities or national Olympic
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<p>This unusual time-commitment can be a fact of life for students involved in other extra-curricular activities, such as
dance and music. However, it definitely touches a large percentage of athletes and can have a harmful effect on
every-day schoolwork. It can to some degree decrease a student's opportunity to engage in test preparatory
courses and can lead to a decrease in standardized test scores.
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