<p>As a former Ivy League athlete myself (different school than S), I’m comfortable S can do the work. He plays soccer year round now with a lot of travel on weekends and handles a full AP load. He has 5s on all of his AP tests to date (though these are not a component of the AI). In contrast, his SAT was below 2050, though coaches told him that for purposes of this AI, they could replace his low CR with his one high SAT II. I might think differently if he was engineering or pre-med, but I think it would be hard to be a DI athlete and be engineering or pre-med at any state school. Rigor is not limited to the Ivys. It might even be harder at a state school where athletics is considered priority number 1, and more games are scheduled midweek. Anyway, he’s a humanities type of guy and a disciplined student who didn’t bother to try to get his ACT or SAT up once the coaches told him he was fine. I will add that he was not recruited heavily beyond the Ivy league. He had some interest from a handful of D3 schools and some second tier DIs, but most interest was from the Ivys.</p>