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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 2839296, member: 730"] Sure those schools get a higher % of academically superior students. But that has more to do with the education they get in private prep schools whose sole goal is getting the children of the rich and powerful into a small group of universities. And the acceptance rate is partly due to the number of applicants vs the openings. That has little to do with the quality of the education they get as undergraduates, except perhaps for the student/faculty ratio. Those top universities get so many applicants because of their name. I stand by my position that it's the piece of paper and the contacts they make and not what they learn that holds the real value. And with basketball taking up most of their non-academic time I doubt many recruits socialize enough to make the sort of contacts that will get them lucrative careers after graduation. But I respect opposing opinions. Now let's get back to the 19/20 recruits, [/QUOTE]