<p>crazymom- You seem to think that 33 is a decent score. Are you kidding me? if that kid was as good at fball as I think he is, the reason that he didn't get into Harvard is bc he was a pretty good fball player, but the coaches thought he had a good enough shot in admission's not to waste a spot. Linemen are not the pivotal players that schools will aggressively recruit with very limited spots. In sum, the fball player did not get accepted bc his academics were TOO good. Coaches went for a slightly better player with lower scores that they knew didn't have a chance w/o their help. The AI cut-off for a fball player is around 170. That fball player from your school had an AI of around 215-220 (Assuming SAT IIs are up to par). I've met one kid who was recruited to harvard fball with an ACT over 30. His name is John fahnenstiel from muskegon. He was the state div 4 100m champ. He had a 3.6 and 31 ACT. Due to his GPA, harvard didn't want to take a chance in losing the kid, so they signed him. Almost all the other recruits come in around 27-29 range with a 3.5-3.8. From personal experience, I sent in a tape, the coach said he was interested and encouraged me to join the team if I made it, but he wasn't going to support me with a 236 AI.</p>
<p>being from the midwest is far from a hook.
If you are from the midwest and your school has never or has not recently sent a kid to harvard that will help your app, but will not get you in.</p>
<p>^ wait was that in reply to my essay topic that highlighted being in a small town (in which case I shouldn't use it as much) or was that a response to crazy mom? o.O</p>
<p>also...wow, an AI of 236? what were your stats, if you don't mind my asking?</p>
<p>ACT: 35 (take it as 1590)
SAT II: 800,800,780
1/175</p>
<p>grades do not get you into college though crimson, they simply qualify you.</p>
<p>Crimson, my son has some other volunteering through both NHS and church, were he is an altar server and takes Communion to homebound parishioners. The amount he has done through Scouts far exceeds anything else however, as even though he has all of the service hours he needs, he has helped 6 other guys with their Eagle service projects. </p>
<p>1MX, you are probably right that our football player was too smart, I didn't realize Harvard went so low on ACT for football players. He is playing college football at another school but on an academic scholarship. Ironic, I guess the lower rated schools have the smarter football players.</p>
<p>Harvard will go pretty low on scores for fball players. I know a kid they took an 1870 last year, and he said he was mid-range. He did have 4.2 GPA though.</p>
<p>Well, just got notified today that I'm a semifinalist for NMSC. Do you guys know what the main judgment criteria are for moving onto finalist standing? I also heard that the SAT score that you send isn't too important, other than showing a similar level of achievment, which is good for me since a 2220 will be enough to confirm. Now i can just focus on my SAT II's coming up in October instead of taking another SAT I.</p>
<p>Crimson, there are some threads in other folders about this. Someone said they thought you just needed a 2000 SAT I. Not sure how accurate this is. I thought the score needed to be similar. Assumed my son's SAT I 2290 was close enough to the 232 PSAT. I am hoping your principal showed more excitement than ours. He muttered to my son that he had done that letter for him and my son had no idea what he was talking about until he went to the counselor and she told him he was a NMSF. If he was given a scholarhip to play football at some Div. III school, they probably would have had a parade.</p>