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Re:The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping by throwaway2037 on Monday February 24, 2025 @08:22AM (#43159238)

    > children from generational wealth who play obscure sports from an early age to give them an edge in admissions
This sounds like a cut scene from Wes Anderson's 1998 film Rushmore. Can you name some of the sports? This sounds like fun. In my mind, the #1 prestige sport is rowing. It makes golf look like a sport for poor people. Also: Dressage (show jumping with horses). To be clear: I still respect people who are very good at rowing or dressage, but they are almost always from uber wealthy families.
Re:The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping by jackcosgrove on Monday February 24, 2025 @05:40PM (#43165796)
Field hockey, water polo. If you include club sports there's more like fencing and squash. And yes I think rowing too.
Re:The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping by throwaway2037 on Monday February 24, 2025 @08:57PM (#43167199)
Interesting. Field hockey is big in many public schools in the US Midwest. I would hardly call it a great signal. Also, water polo is popular anywhere that swimming is popular -- California, Florida, etc. Again, not a strong signal in my mind. However, fencing and squash: Yep, strong signals.