HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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Reg: 01-21-14
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04-17-24 02:51 PM - Post#367540
In response to Penndemonium
Admission is now so competitive that the system doesn't 'reward' spectating. Excelling at anything - especially on a national level which is what admissions is looking for - takes so much time, in addition to top academic performance.
Seems student spectators at Ivy events are there to support their friends. I'd venture that - except for a rare contest (The Game, ECAC Hockey tournament) that a large percentage of students don't attend any athletic events unless they have a personal connection. That's certainly true at Harvard, maybe Penn/Princeton basketball, Cornell hockey and Dartmouth football are holdouts, but for how long if we lost our talent?
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