# Play a Niche Sport, Get into Ivy U.?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-a-niche-sport-get-into-ivy-u/923797>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 24, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-a-niche-sport-get-into-ivy-u/923797 "2020-10-24T21:47:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-a-niche-sport-get-into-ivy-u/923797/21 "2020-11-02T21:13:26Z")

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It’s too bad that the article was retracted, because I suspect that the core thesis - that many wealthy parents push their children to extreme lengths to be successful in obscure sports like fencing in order to enhance their chances at admission to a competitive university - is essentially true.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-a-niche-sport-get-into-ivy-u/923797/22 "2020-11-03T05:50:05Z")

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It feels true. Or from my experience, participating in sports such as lacrosse, fencing, crew, water polo, ice hockey, wrestling, etc does tend to signal “rich white people school”.

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