<p>Has anyone seen the thread under College Admissions that talks about Princeton athletes who've already been told they've been admitted?</p>
<p>Yes. It makes me sad. :(</p>
<p>whoaa no...like, seriously admitted, not just likely?
that is sad! =(</p>
<p><em>shakes fist</em> too bad i got injured this summer.... my season sucked, otherwise i could have been in the low 19s and could have tried to wrangle at least some athletic consideration</p>
<p>(xc people, our team is siiiick - 107 girls, top few varsity girls are in mid 18s... i def lost my varsity spot this year, did this happen to anyone else?)</p>
<p>not that i'm bitter about these athletes being admitted, not at all. but at least this way, we can abandon ship on our sports next fall if we want to....</p>
<p>Yeah, this girl in my school was admitted like that too (grr...)</p>
<p>so was a boy in mine (I'm sure you've read my annoyed passing references to him around here; he lives across the street)</p>
<p>the thing is, this girl really isn't that smart</p>
<p>107 people?! That IS sick. And 18min?! That's even sicker. </p>
<p>lol, so let's just say nobody ever gets recruited from my school because we kind of suck at atheletics. Our XC team has 10 people maybe and we have to go around begging people to join...and yea, it's automatic varsity letter because there is no JV team. The best person on the team runs a 20min 5K, but most of the time we run 2.5mi races.</p>
<p>Is all of NY state 2.5 mi or just the area around NYC?</p>
<p>Just our league (which is actually called the Ivy League...sick) I think the public schools all do 5K</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure in MI, both public and private all run 5Ks, for the most part. Did your team generally just run duals against other Ivy League members, or did you guys go to invitationals (5ks?) as well?</p>
<p>we have two 5K races each year.
We ran against Ivy league and AAIS (the girl's school league)</p>
<p>One of my best friends is getting recruited to Princeton.</p>
<p>what bothers people more, legacies or recruits?</p>
<p>recruits, because i feel like you need to be more qualified as a legacy to get in than as an athlete. (totally unfounded but just my opinion) </p>
<p>you?</p>
<p>Recruits.</p>
<p>I hate how sports in American society are frequently valued above other disciplines. Yes, it requires a huge committment to succeed in a sport. But why don't dancers get as much pull? Most start their studies at the age of 3 or 4 and practice in the studio ridiculous hours. And, please, no one tell me that dancing isn't as "athletic." Try to do what I do in the dance studio and see if dancing is easy.</p>
<p>And why is it more intrinsically valuable for someone to have the talent to throw a baseball very fast than for someone to play the violin well? I don't get it. I don't get it at all. I can understand giving athletes some pull. But they don't receive only <em>some.</em> They get a huge amount of pull in admissions. A year or two back, a girl at my school with around a 1200 SAT score and average GPA made it into Princeton. Why? She did crew.</p>
<p>I have resisted posting stats here because I feel that it's inappropriate to share information about my S in that way, but, for the record:</p>
<p>1) He's been recruited by every Ivy, chose ED to Princeton. Has not received a call, so maybe that means he is not being accepted.</p>
<p>2) His SAT's are consistent with many of yours -- he scored an 800V, first sitting.</p>
<p>3) He is a NMS semi-finalist, basically straight-A student at an academically rigorous school, having taken the toughest possible class load all four years along with an athletic commitment that has been equal to a 35-40/hr. weekly year-round job.</p>
<p>He has been told by teachers and school counselors that he would be qualified with or without the athletics, but just like all the rest of you, he's hoping to offer that extra 'something' that will make a dream come true. I can promise you he has worked every bit as hard as any of you. As I've said before, I hope you all get in, including him, but I really can't say he is any less deserving than the rest of you.</p>
<p>Dizzymom</p>
<p>I wouldn't disagree with you , Dizzymom. I, too, think your son is very deserving! Good luck to him. Honestly, my gut feeling tells me that he will make it. :)</p>
<p>Just to clarify so someone down the line does not misconstrue my words: I have nothing against athletics. What bothers me is when students' (relatively) poor academic records are blatantly overlooked in admissions because they play sports.</p>
<p>So you all think that two people with the same stats, but one is a legacy and one is a recruit, the recruit would have a better chance?
I think so too</p>
<p>Exactly, c_j - I have no issue when qualified applicants get into schools because athletics gave them that extra push. I'm only annoyed when someone who is grossly underqualified gets in because they're an athlete.</p>
<p>Yes, I do, zant.</p>
<p>And Dizzymom, your son sounds like he has a great chance. He is obviously qualified and has worked very hard these past four years. Best of luck to him!</p>