Why are athletic ECs so valued?

[Kelowna]

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@Consolation

It simply is not true that <em>recruited</em> athletes have to meet the same standards others do at Ivies or anywhere else. Some do, of course. Others don’t. Partly it depends on the sport, as riverrunner points out. (Check out the story on the Harvard basketball players.)

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<p>Totally agree. Maybe that is the answer to OP question?</p>