<p>D had a rigorous high school schedule of all honors and AP classes, earned a high GPA at this competitive school, and scored 2300 on the SAT score (one sitting, no prep). Nonetheless, she is finding the academics difficult at her elite university–sometimes because of content, but mostly because of time limitations. Last year when when she was a freshman, she learned that several teammates had failed a class. One of them had been a good student in high school, but not tippy top. Took maybe 3 AP’s per year rather than 5 or 6 like D, and might not have been used to the heavy workload. He had planned to study engineering, but now has dropped that plan. It’s possible he might have managed it at a lower-ranked school, or without the athletics.</p>