<p>i read about this game at:</p>
<p>Ellison</a> powers Trinity-Pawling - The Boston Globe</p>
<p>andover really got dominated. this is where i have to look for balance between sports and school. tp does not have the college admissions of the schools they are beating.</p>
<p>You are right there nhfootballer about TP - yet if you go there and are at the top of the class academically AND athletically, I bet you'd get recruited as well.</p>
<p>True, fun is fun - but Andover being one of "THE" schools, you might think would have it's "pick" of athletes and it just shows that it's not always the "big and mighty" with the best programs in a given sport.</p>
<p>i read an interesting article re ivy league football. it suggests that my 48% SSAT score which translates to 1310 on the SAT would be more than enough for me to play football at any of the ivies. this made me feel a lot better than last week. i have a shot if i keep it up in school and on the field.</p>
<p>Online article, perhaps??? I'd be interested in reading it if so. Could you post a link?</p>
<p>this is some of what i read. much is critical of athletes at the top colleges but still good information. i think i can get close to 1400s on SAT with good prep school training. anyway, i feel much better about reaching my goals.</p>
<p>Ahhhh...so your academic aptitude will be good enough (combined with the football), but what's the measure of your football aptitude? Lots of things can happen to that critical component between now and graduation -- and I'm not just referring to injuries. There are PGs who could keep you benched. Lots of recruiting could mean you get lost in the shuffle. You might not grow in pace with others. Your muscle mass may not increase as easily as you had thought.</p>
<p>Was it Periwinkle who advised you to plan for all contingencies? If you're focused on an Ivy, you might want to think about which school(s) maximize your chances regardless of whether you've got the football ace up your sleeve.</p>
<p>thanks, dm. i got it covered. just because i can run a football does not mean i can go skip classes. :) i still need to get the work done.</p>
<p>one more thing, dm. my long term goal is goldman sachs. they wont care about football but will care about where i get my mba diploma. i need to get the best education so i can make the team at goldman or another bank. they will expect long hours and getting work done which i will handle. just need to get in the game anyway i can. i think i can make ivy if all goes well. dad is six feet two. mom is five eleven. i am now nearly five ten and growing. run the forty in 5.1 seconds which is good for my age. anyway football will be whatever will be. i know the books come first to play at goldman.</p>
<p>nhfootballer -</p>
<p>WADR, you are in the eighth grade playing in small town New Hampshire. I'm sure, right now, you are dominating the competition (in New Hampshire). You have no idea of what your athletic future is. You may stop developing. You may find that (as so many, many have) the competition gets a lot better out in the real world. You may not realize how high the quality of football and other sports is at the high prep level (A few years ago my son's 4-4 Salisbury team beat Tabor 31-0. The next week Tabor beat a Mass. HS team ranked 7the in the state by about 40). Point is, if you make a decision based even remotely on assumptions about a prep school's athletic program, as well as on your "plans" for an athletic career in college you are, simply, setting yourself up to be hugely let down.</p>
<p>I and others here are already impressed by your obvious drive, poise and confidence. Please find a school that works for you in every way, fif refuses to use the word "f*t", and factor athletics in as a relatively small component.</p>
<p>Besides, I went to the Harvard-Yale footy game this year -- that is NOT good football.</p>
<p>I don't know alot about football, but there are some objective stats that can be used to evaluated how you stack up with your peers---time in the 40, strength testing etc</p>
<p>Contact the coaches and see what they think</p>
<p>fun is fun, i get what you mean re football and competition. anyway the football here in nh is pretty competitive. lots of guys playing ivy and good division 3 football at places like amherst, williams, bowdoin, middlebury, etc. either is fine with me and williams is no slouch school. i doubt ohio or michigan or nfl will be calling. anyway i think i have the athletic and academic talent for a shot at an ivy. it may be columbia but that is the closest one to wall street. :)</p>