<p>so if your cleared for a recruit trip by the admissions, that basically means your in right?</p>
<p>No. A likely letter in your hand means you’re in (they begin to go out in October). You still need to have stuff reviewed. Best of luck to you, however.</p>
<p>No it doesn’t…
there are a lot of recruits for a lot of sports…and only a few get early likelies…
if you actually go on an Official Visit, and the coach continues to court you, then you must complete an application in its entirety and do a great job on all parts of it… because only admissions can accept folks…coaches have no admitting authority…</p>
<p>a positive early read by admissions means that you have what it takes…but almost every single applicant (>19,000 each year) has what it takes and only a fraction (8%) are actually accepted… </p>
<p>I do know of kids who went on OV’s at other schools (not Yale) and were rejected in the early rounds… so something in their final submission was detrimental and no amount of athletic talent could overcome the flaw(s)…</p>
<p>so would you say that the sats and stuff factor into my recruitment? i only got like a 1950… but im retaking it in october.</p>
<p>They do. It really depends on how much they want you, though.</p>
<p>You aren’t in until you’re in (through a likely letter). Of course, an athlete who’s passed the admissions pre-read and has the full support of the coach (be careful not to misinterpret full support, though I’m assuming you’re far enough along in the process to be able to discern) is in pretty good likelihood, barring a stinky application, to attain admittance. Division 1 schools in any conference aren’t there to fool around; they need their athletes and their reputations like anyone else. And yes, 1950 would be low for general admittance into Yale, but it would probably suffice as an athlete, depending on your talent and how much leeway the coach can get (I know of a few 1800s SATers who are now athletes at HYP; most were top recruits though).</p>