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The fact that there are universities that strongly favor athletes feels so absurd to me. In my country you could be a world class athlete and it gives you exact
by temporarara 4y ago
The fact that there are universities that strongly favor athletes feels so absurd to me. In my country you could be a world class athlete and it gives you exactly zero extra points when applying to any university here. Academic success and the possible entry exams are the only things that are considered. All "extra curricular activities" are completely ignored, the mindset being that if they truly are relevant they help you in indirect ways to achieve the required level anyway. I think that's how it should be everywhere, but ofc I'm biased here. And I do like sports, both watching and playing.
It feels just wrong that somewhere kids have to market themselves into university by carefully choosing what they do in their free time, just having good grades (and actual knowledge/skills) is not enough.
- hintymad 4y agoBecause sports is a hugely profitable business for universities. And it is profitable precisely because American people just are so into sports. So it's a virtuous or vicious cycle, depending on how you look at it. My view is actually in the middle: admit national talent, but ignore anyone below that level. This is just how sports works. No one knows who was the 100th place in Tour de France, even though that person is probably just one second behind the 1st place.
- temporarara 4y agoI still think universities should not be into profiting from sports. It's so weird that they are combined in some countries. After all being even exceptionally good at sports does not in any way imply that you belong into university level education in the first place. Universities should be about higher education and research.