Comments on: Rugby: A new path

By: Youth Rugby

Youth Rugby — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:04:55 +0000

It is required to prepare new players from children with a different mindset

By: Odd

Odd — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:05:43 +0000

Wonder why he signed on with Dartmouth and then backed out. Is the admission process really that difficult? What an odd reason for not going …

By: non-scholarship

non-scholarship — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:17:56 +0000

Dartmouth is a non-scholarship school “Mr. Tale”. Unless you know Ellis, don’t assume to know his priorities in life.

By: It's the article that's convoluted

It's the article that's convoluted — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:52:48 +0000

It appears from the article that maybe he wasn’t accepted to Dartmouth and the reason, according the the reporter and those interviewed, is the convoluted admissions process at that university – whatever that means. It’s possible, it appears, to “sign on” with a university for football and then not have the academic scores (SAT, GPA, rank) to gain admission. The college counselors at Westlake HS play a small part in college admission (maybe they help the football players more fully than the others). The student and his parents ultimately choose a university, not the counselors at WHS. Maybe it turned out that Dartmouth wasn’t an option for this student after all and SMU was.

By: Cautionary tale

Cautionary tale — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:14:37 +0000

I’ve found in life that most people you meet in the business world assume that you went to the best college you could get into. Allowances are made, in my experience, for scholarships that defray or eliminate the costs.

I didn’t go to either Dartmouth or SMU; but there is no question that the public at large would judge that one is a “better” institution than the other.

I wish this young man a bright future; but when he can no longer play a sport–and that happens–I hope , as well, that he does not look back on this decision with regret.

And I hope our Westlake college counselors will use this as a cautionary tale of letting one aspect of one’s life–a love for a sport–take too great of a priority.

Good luck, Ellis. I hope your decision works out well.

By: Not my experience

Not my experience — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:12:21 +0000

From personal experience, I can say that Dartmouth’s admission process is not that hard. They send you a letter accepting your cherub, and you send them $200,000. It’s really pretty easy.

Except for that $200,000 part.

By: "Convoluted admissions process" ???

"Convoluted admissions process" ??? — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:56:39 +0000

“… the Ivy League school’s convoluted admissions process prevented enrollment.”

What does this mean? The admissions process at Dartmouth was too complicated? How did the process prevent enrollment? Were there academic hoops to jump through? Bar too high? Please explain.

By: Janet Seaberg

Janet Seaberg — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:20:47 +0000

Ellis we are so incredibly proud of you!! Way to represent Westlake Rugby. I know you will do great things at SMU.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:51:02 +0000

So proud of you, El!

By: Westlake Fan

Westlake Fan — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:52:46 +0000

Way to go Ellis. We love you lots!!