Smarts

Smart choice in sports (you already knew that)! Andrew forwarded this link sometime last year. After reading the article a 6th time, I finally understood it.

The Ultimate Mystery: Popular Sport Beats SATs at Ranking Universities Academically
August 31, 2006

A study being released September 1 of all private national universities shows that their ranking in Ultimate Frisbee edges out both SATs and grades as a predictor of academic performance! Those ranked in the top half for Ultimate have a graduation rate of over 85%, while those in the bottom half just 60%. The top seven have nearly as many Rhodes scholars and Marshall scholars as all others combined.

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