<p>yes the coaches said I’m top 2 on their list and they have 7 spots to fill. Also, one of the team has players on it with 24s.</p>
<p>I hate to admit I’ve been reading much longer than I’ve been posting but the improbable User ID plus the equally improbably revealing details that would jeopardize recruitment reveal a lot to me. </p>
<p>Emily there would be no way for you to know if anyone on a current Ivy women’s hockey team has 24s. Sorry. There is just no way. But carry on if this amuses you, you already have some people here riled up.</p>
<p>I think you all need to ease up a bit here. I live in a major hockey zone, and she’s right that hockey is a different recruiting game altogether. </p>
<p>emily: The thing is that you’re vulnerable with that lower ACT score. If someone close to you athletically comes along, with better ACT’s, you’re replaced. As you know, hockey players who are true “shoo-ins” have verbal commits through their coaches by now–some have had them since they were sophomores. I feel like you’re getting encouraging words from coaches but without the level of commitment that, as a parent, would make me feel more at ease. For example, have coaches talked to you about scheduling OV’s yet (as opposed to just generally mentioning them)? Asked for you transcripts, test scores? The coach who said you were 2nd on the list is more promising, but without the academic pre-read, that coach could easily blame admissions for taking you off the list.</p>
<p>Anyway, long story short, study hard for those ACT’s! My kid’s math score went up a ton just from learning more in his math class and specifically focusing on the stuff he knew he got wrong on his first test. And verify that you don’t have to take subject area tests. A few Ivies (Harvard for example) require SAT subject tests even if you’re taking the ACT.</p>
<p>thanks! I wil try to get my scores up! I live in the Minnesota area where everyone plays hockey so I know all about these offers. I have been talked to by these schools and others about verbal commitments for the past month but I’m still deciding if I want to go to a scholarship school or an ivy.They have all my scores and transcripts and are putting them through the pre read this week and said they will hopefully be able to give it a green light from there. Both said they only require the ACT or SAT with two subjects. I’m just not good at the SAT and I’ve done it 3 times and only have around an 1800. I took the ACT without any studying and got a 27 so if I raise my reading then I will be able to get a 30 hopefully :)</p>
<p>That sounds more promising than your earlier posts! We’re from the same part of the U.S. I feel sure you’ll get offers…but I think that the Ivies and academically competitive D1’s may hold out until you get that test score up. If that was your first take, and you’re studying, I think you’ll be able to get at least a 30. You’re smart to focus on the test that feels like a better fit for you. And I think the schools will be straight up with you if they think you need to get your scores up–I’d take a “We’d like to see a ____” as a mandate.</p>
<p>The other thing to consider is where you’d be the best fit academically. My friend had a really tough time of it at her top 20 school despite being a straight A student in high school. She simply didn’t have the same academic preparation as the kids coming from private or AP-oriented schools. She ended up doing well, but it was a struggle and a lot more work for her than for some of her teammates. If that’s what you want, go for it–you’ll come out smarter and stronger–but I’ve never been one to think that anyone who has a chance at a “name brand” school should jump at it. Go where the academic as well as athletic fit feels right; there are lots of good places to go to college.</p>
<p>I think that if you don’t get the ACT up, it’s not a matter of accepted/rejected, it’s a matter of you not being Ivy-material. Hit a 31, at LEAST.</p>
<p>Ivies can’t recruit athletes.</p>
<p>Intellectual: Ivies can’t give out athletic scholarships, but they can definitely recruit athletes. For a family that needs FA, the need-based scholarship a kid receives from an Ivy can be as significant as an athletic scholarship at another school, with the advantage that it doesn’t go away if the kid is injured and can no longer play the sport. For other full-pay families, athletic recruitment is the “hook” that gets a kid admitted into an Ivy.</p>
<p>Emily, sorry if I was unfairly hard on you. If you are for real, good luck to you and let us know how it goes with your scores. Rather than chase you off, if it works out for you it should give hope to other parents, so thank you for checking in.</p>
<p>No, it’s fine. No need to be sorry because I probably sounded like an idiot in my other posts. I just didn’t understand how CC works. I actually am for real haha. Ill let you all know how the pre read goes and my official visits. Thanks!</p>
<p>No problem here, either. Just because you are for real, be careful. One of the strengths of cc that keeps it honest is also one of its pitfalls. All your posts can be linked together and traced, so be careful what details you share. If you are honest and open, you can be outed for who you are IRL. On the flip side, if you vary details, you can be called a liar. College admissions are a high stakes game and other posters can have a very meager sense of humor if there is something they don’t like about a turn of phrase. (like I kind of jumped the gun the other evening, something I swear I try not to do.)</p>
<p>Anyway good luck and let us know how the pre read goes. :)</p>