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OPsDaddy t1_jcijjya wrote

Good for those Princeton kids! Glad they finally caught a break!

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AcrossFromWhere t1_jcirqm6 wrote

This coming on the heels of Ryan Reynolds making $300 million selling his business. So nice to see folks who have never caught a break get their moment in the sun. Good for you, future hedge fund managers and Vice-Presidents of companies named after their grandpas!

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franker t1_jckh8wg wrote

It's like when People magazine finds a rich and beautiful celebrity who went a whole six months being single while in-between relationships, and proclaims on the cover, "How I Finally Found Happiness".

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patchymoose t1_jcl0u0v wrote

Real question: are the basketball players at Princeton going there on a basketball scholarship like other schools (and thus maybe not as privileged as the typical student population), or do they just take players from their general student population?

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Merpninja t1_jclbyvw wrote

They don't get athletic scholarships but are still recruited to play basketball. Most of them came to Princeton for basketball. They are like "preferred walk-ons" in football.

Ivies typically only give scholarships that are need-based.

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