<p>If you’re good enough to try out for the national lacrosse team, then you’re good enough to play for an Ivy League team. They don’t give athletic scholarships, but if they recruit you for sports you can have a much lower GPA, etc. and get in. There was a guy who went to my school who had a C+ average but still got in to Harvard because he was an amazing swimmer and they wanted him for their team.</p>