<p>One of my school's athletes is being recruited by a good public school (won't say which, but you can probably guess). I'm not sure about his grades but I know they aren't good. He takes a light courseload compared to the load I'm taking. I can assume his SAT's are only average or below because he basically doesn't try/care about school at all. The problem is that me, along with some of my other friends who work hard in school, take hard classes, practice and score well on standardized tests, STILL might not get into that good public school. Is this really fair?</p>
<p>I'm not talking about a small difference, I'm pretty sure my statistics are better in every category by far, and I'm just considered above average at my school...I know athletes recruited at top private schools are still smart (good GPA, test scores, etc), but I really don't feel this case is fair. Care to comment?</p>
<p>Not only doesn't it matter, the people recruiting him and the people that will be evaluating your app probably don't even know each other.....
This is EXTREMELY common....check out all the threads from the other schools you are applying to.</p>
<p>well he probably worked as hard athletically as you worked academically. Whoever said colleges accept students based only on academics? If they need athletes they'll accept athletes over scholars.</p>
<p>Honestly, it's completely fair because colleges can decide to admit whomever they want provided it doesn't violate any discrimination laws. Academics aren't everything; becoming so good at a sport that you get recruited to a top school (usually) takes a lot of effort as well.</p>
well he probably worked as hard athletically as you worked academically. Whoever said colleges accept students based only on academics? If they need athletes they'll accept athletes over scholars.
<p>I agree that they'll accept some athletes over scholars, but athletes aren't evaluated as in-depth as scholars. For scholars, GPA, test scores, EC's, teacher recs, essays all have to be considered, but for an athlete the only thing considered is how far he can kick or throw a ball. Oh well, it cannot be helped.</p>
<p>You're complaining now, wait till you go out in the real world, and he gets better job offers than you. Employers LOVE athletes. Face it, kid. Athletes are god in this country.</p>
<p>I don't think it is unfair at all. As a recruited athlete (not on a big scale like Division 1) I have to say that I work harder athletically than I do academically, and I got a 2100 on the SAT. So that should tell you how hard somebody would have to work to play division 1 sports.</p>
<p>I totally agree with country day. athletics is a big commitment that requires a lot of talent and hard work. one kid at my school is recruited to dartmouth, and he might not be extremely smart, but he is dec, 31 ACT, and one of the nicest and hardworking guys I've ever met.</p>
<p>i think its pretty fair - people are given different gifts and in the end its whatever gets you there. so what if he goes there for being athletically gifted, others are going for being academically gifted. would you get in there if you werent smart? no would he get in there if he wasnt athletic? no</p>