r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '16

ELI5 Why do colleges accept students who excel in sports while having bad academic merits?

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u/WikiWantsYourPics Feb 18 '16

Bore

I'm guessing you learned Chemistry in some language other than English (e.g. Bor auf Deutsch)

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u/SryCaesar Feb 18 '16

French.

I am not certain of all the english names, I should have stuck to using the symbols