Noting Harvard’s ‘Other’ Athletes

About one fifth of Harvard’s undergraduate population play on a varsity sports team, but it is estimated that more than four times that number are athletically active. According to the Harvard University Admissions Office, “When club sports, intramurals, and varsity teams are taken into account, it is estimated that over 75 percent of our students participate in some level of athletic activity.”

Athletics play an incredibly important role in providing certain life skills and health benefits to Harvard undergraduates. In fact, one of the first comments about Harvard students on College Prowler (a website that compares various universities) is that “there are very few overweight people.”