<p>would you mind terribly posting your stats, yet again (and you thought you’d leave those behind with the chance threads…), so I can basically judge myself against you?</p>
<p>Here are the stats for the two on the Stats Profiles who have gotten in so far:</p>
<p>720 / 800 / 800 (M / CR / W) - Top 25% rank - 3.58 unweighted
700 / 680 / 720 (M / CR / W) - Top 10% rank - 3.97 unweighted</p>
<p>Note that CCers aren't usually representative of a whole applicant population - they tend to be on the upper end of the distribution.</p>
<p>Don't forget that some of the early decision candidates are athletes or have other special characteristics. These candidates may actually lower the final statistics of the incoming freshman class. It would be true for many of the Nescac schools.</p>
<p>From what I have seen most people who got in early had statistics that were on par with the averages from last years pool<br>
I would say that the average SAT scores are about the same as last year...700s in each section roughly. </p>
<p>the ED pool at a D3 school like Bowdoin doesn't bring down any statistics because coaches do not have the power to get a student admitted solely on athletic talent. All athletes must first and foremost be on par academically to get in. While coaches can help a student get in, if they aren't academically strong enough it wont matter what the coaches say....there aren't 207 people who were recruited athletes though. many of the people who got in early have high statistics is my guess</p>
<p>No one said that a coach gets a student admitted solely on athletic prowess. It is very true however that alumni do not want non competitive athletic teams. I guarantee that many, perhaps even most of the coaches even at these D3 schools help students get in with slightly lower scores than the general pool. Its Bowdoin, so these sudent athletes are not slackers - we all know that. However a small number of these candidates credentials are not necessarily quite as strong as that of the larger accepted class. Get admitted, matriculate and see as you meet some of the athletes and make your way through freshman year. It is not a bad thing. It is good for the profile of the school. Good sports teams in some marginal way reflect well on the college or university in the NESCAC.</p>
<p>My point is that some of the ED posters here (if they are student athletes) may skew the figures slightly lower and you may not know it (unless they inform that none of them are athletes.) This is true throughout the NESCAC.</p>
<p>haha shoelace, I wish I was a recruited athlete</p>
<p>being a recruited athlete does afford you some major perks - my best friend's boyfriend is a captain of our state champion football team and is quite good, and Bowdoin has made no secret of the fact that they want him. While he is smart, normally I would say not quite Bowdoin material. Assumption wants him, too, and threw fifty grand at him. and because he is that calibur athlete, he is in the position to, as he put it, "call up Bowdoin and say 'what do ya got for me to make me not go to Assumption?'" something that other, perhaps more qualified applicants definately probably can't do.</p>
<p>thats really lucky. I wish i was a recruited athlete too. I sail and I am planning on being on the team next year an I talked to the coach but I wasn't recruited.</p>
<p>I suck at all things athletic, and here are my scores and stuff:</p>
<p>White female from Washington state
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.85 at rigourous prep school (unweighted, Grading scale: 90% to 93% is an A-, 94% to 100 is an A)
Essays: very good
Recs: outstanding
ECs: Mock Trial, Chess, Cross Country, Community Service</p>
<p>If Bowdoin has ANYTHING for the football friend to keep him from going to Assumption, they'll have committed an NCAA violation. They're a Division III (non-scholarship) school; Assumption is Div. II.</p>
<p>If the captain of the state championship football team was actually highly sought after by Bowdoin and he is a senior I think the scenario would be slightly different. If he were one of the say top 2-3 football players on the Bowdoin coaching staff recruit list, they would have asked for all of his academic transcripts and a resume (or something similar). This would possibly have been done last summer or early fall. The coaching staff would have taken his transcripts to admissions for a "pre-read". If he were in or close to the academic realm of all Bowdoin student athletes he would be asked his intentions re: Bowdoin. If he really wanted to go there, and the football coach was ready to spend political capital so-to-speak, to sponsor him for one of the 2-5 spots he has available, the coach would ask the quarterback to apply early decision. At this point ,after the recruit submits his application it is highly likely that he will be admitted. There is a chance however that he will not be admitted. This typically happens only if the application is poor with possibly poor recs. or sloppy essays. This is generally how the IVY's, the NESCAC, and the service academies handle highly recruited athletes. There are some variations but you get the idea. Lesser sought after recruits may go through more of a traditional admissions process with little or no sponsorship by the coach through the admissions office. However if the less recruited candidate makes it through the admissions process, they are welcomed with open arms by the respective coach.</p>