Jeff Selingo on Why Athletes Have a Leg Up in Admissions

Sports Scholarship Stories

Want to help your kid get in a great college?
Today's guest—Jeff Selingo, author of the New York Times bestselling book, “Who Gets In and Why,” an eye-opening account of the hyper-competitive college admissions process—is full of insights on how to help you do that.
Jeff wrote an entire chapter on the ways that athletes have a leg up in the college admissions process, and we'll break down how you can use that to your advantage.
We’ll hear Jeff’s thoughts on:
➨ How sports have become the single best lever students can use to get into elite colleges—and how to take advantage of that
➨ The value of Division III colleges, which don’t give athletic scholarships, but provide preferential admissions to athletes and are a better fit for many athletes
➨ How two-thirds of colleges came out of the pandemic in deficit spending, and what impact that’s having on athletic recruitment at big-time universities
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Links:
Jeff's latest book, "Who Gets In and Why"
Jeff on Instagram and Twitter

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My best stories on athletic recruiting:
The Myth of the Sports Scholarship
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-myth-of-the-sports-scholarship/
The Courting of Marvin Clark
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-courting-of-marvin-clark/
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