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Sources from “Financial Accounting” indicate that imposter syndrome is far from a concern for the non-athletic regular people in the athlete-dominated class.
“When I was first admitted to Brown, I felt kind of undeserving, like I was a fraud. But this class made clear that I’m one of the smartest people here,” declared first-year Calvin Barker, intently watching the row of male athletes in front of him fail to make even one pairing on the NYT Connections. “One of the Rugby guys farted super loudly in class the other day. I didn’t even participate that day, and suddenly I became one of the professor’s top students simply because I wasn’t one of the twenty students that started cracking up in response. It’s pretty ego-boosting.”
“Like, where are all the cancer-solving prodigies and mathematician brainiacs that I was so scared of feeling inferior to?” questioned Barker, whose 83% midterm grade was considerably above the 52% average. “All I’ve come across are a bunch of hockey players that have ‘Brown ‘27’ in their Instagram bios and a handful of lax bros that are definitely stoned during our lectures. Surely I’m not the smartest person here, am I? I mean, maybe I am.”
At press time, at least the athletes in question went 3-7 this season.
