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when the brown coach told me he hadnt had anyone in the past 6-7 years who was on his list and not accepted.
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<p>What sport is this? My best friend applied here for football, but his stats were on the lowest academic index and he got denied admission even though he got in to other comparable schools with the same stats and same enthusiastic coaching response. He's wrestling at the other BU now (:p) instead of playing football (wrestling is his real passion and he didn't care about the "prestige of Ivy League football" [can't blame him!]) but I don't know how he got rejected here. He applied to 16 schools and was accepted to all but Brown. . .and he's still one hell of a football player.</p>
<p>football is a completely different beast when it comes to admissions in the ivy league. i play a sport that is not nearly as mainstream as football so the coach recruits much closer to the one standard deviation line. as a result his recruits are MUCH more likely to get accepted.
since your friend was on the lowest level of the AI scale he would have had to be a top 2 recruit in order to have a chance at acceptance. just to give you an idea of what kind of stats get you in the lowest AI level (approx. 175)
SAT 1800 3 sat II's at 600 adn top 25% class rank. if you look at those compared to the average appliacnt you may see why he wasnt accepted.</p>
<p>i know some students already know that they are in at a specific college due to recruitment...one of my friends will play soccer next year for brown...were any of you notified of you acceptance already</p>
<p>I really don't quite understand what would be the point of sending a likely letter to athletes once they have already committed by applying ED. </p>
<p>Such a letter would make most sense if it was issued to entice students to apply ED (before Nov. 1) so they do not commit through Letter of Intent to another school. </p>
<p>But what is the value of the letter few days before the ED admission results are sent out?</p>
<p>i am pretty new to all of this, so i might not have it right. however, you have to apply before you can receive a likely letter. second, the ed to an ivy school is binding for the ivies, but other division 1, or even division III schools can still make offers. the likely letter gives a student athlete some indication of whether he's going to get to go to his first choice. security? for the athlete AND the college; they want to get their recruits--without losing them to schools that can give athletic $$$'s. i don't really know.</p>
<p>Not questioning you at all!!! just that I don't see the logic. I am sure there is a good reaosn they do it. Just wonder what it is. We are all new to this.....</p>
<p>here's an example. joe is really wanting to attend ivy u. he has great grades and great test scores and loves football. he goes out to a camp for a visit and to see what it might be like out there. ivy u thinks, hey, this kid is interesting. meets our ai, athletic and wants to go here. however, joe is also being recruited by several division I, division IAA, and division III's. ivy u would like to "reel" this kid in away from the others--but they can't offer athletic scholarships. so they try to let the kid know that they really want him--if they have to wait until december to let him know where he stands with admissions, joe might just take some serious looks elsewhere. </p>
<p>that's my understanding of the likely letter. i see where you're questioning the process. after all, if joe didn't really want to go there, why would he apply ed? ivy u wants joe, joe wants ivy u--it clears up a lot of uncertainty. trust me!</p>
<p>with the likely letter this is how i see it </p>
<p>for ED schools: probably not...whats the point....(s)he's "reeled in"</p>
<p>for EA schools: Maybe.....if they were truly outstanding...here's how I see it. If I applied to Yale EA in September, I would start to get going on other applications before December 15th. Stanford's deadline is December 15th, (Stanford is a big competitor with Ivy Leagues for atheletes because it can offer full scholarships) and many other schools have that deadline as well. But let's say that in mid October, I get a letter from Yale, saying that I will be offered admission. If it were me, and I liked Yale enough to apply SCEA, I wouldn't apply anywhere else because I would already be into my dream school. So the likely letter has more power.</p>
<p>For RD schools: Useful
If I hear back from a school at the end of January that I am going to be in, I'll start to get more excited about that school, probably visit a few times, learn more about it, etc. You can get more involved in one school when you find out you are in in January, then when it is one of 12 comparable schools that offer you acceptance in April.</p>
<p>atheltic recruits sign a national letter of intent basically stating that they will go to the school and play for a team...the signing week is opened mid nov...it basically lets atheltes know that they are in...this happens to kids who apply ed as well as rd...it sounds like these kids are pretty much are accepted since there was a big article near me listing the various players for various sports...i am wondering if anyone has received one for brown or other schools yet</p>
<p>ivy leagues do not have a letter of intent, therefore recruited athletes at ivy leagues schools do not sign them!</p>
<p>ed schools--athletes are still free to take athletic scholarship $$'s from other schools--and it can be tempting! the likely letter can encourage them to stay convinced that the ivy is the right choice vs. free ride somewhere else.</p>
<p>some ivy likely letters have indeed been sent out--about the first week in october.</p>