1. Public Perspective of athletes
... were athletes. In 1999 48% of admitted students are athletes, and the next highest percentage is 25 percent which are legacies. These percentages should make the population ponder on what the primary mission of these colleges or Universities is. This statistic isn't enough evidence to support a theory for admissions, so I researched SAT scores. And I found once again that athletes are getting very favored treatment ... . In Division 1A schools the average SAT score of a high profile athlete is 917. That is a 237 point different to ... football players. NCAA allows 86 players to be on sch...
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