<p>i know everyone is going to apply to stanford because of their academics. but it occurred to me this weekend that HS students can get scouted to play for an ivy league school like stanford. any thoughts? </p>
<p>there must be a lot of talented HS athletes nationwide with good grades. it's not easy but it's doable. </p>
<p>did anyone get into stanford through the sports route?</p>
<p>I didn’t get recruited but I’ve gotta remind ya that Stanford ain’t in the Ivy League :)</p>
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Tons of people. Not me, but I personally know a couple people from my HS region who went there, are going there, or are there for sports. These people were also very smart, but probably wouldn’t of gotten admitted on academics and ECs alone (not that they’re not as smart, but you have to understand the time commitment needed to become a D1 athlete and the sacrifices needed to get to that level). </p>
<p>Anyways, good luck with getting into Stanford through sports. It’s as hard, if not harder (maybe slightly easier, it’s hard to tell) than getting in based on academic merit. You really have to be amazing. They have great sports teams there and they play in a major athletic conference. If you just recognized this potential route into Stanford, I doubt you have the abilities to get recruited for one of Stanford’s teams. But who knows?</p>
<p>that’s pac-10 ;)</p>
<p>Standford athletics are extremely, almost ridiculously competitive (and in the pac-10, not the ivies). I know a couple of people who went there for sports. The necessary academics depend on your sports ability. If you are a truly incredible athlete, a high national level athlete , a la Bryn Kehoe, Alix Klineman, Casey Roche (not to malign their academics, which I’m sure are awesome), the academic requirements are less than they would be ordinarily. If you’ve suddenly discovered this and think it’s a great way to get in, you’re probably not going to be able to. Stanford starts their recruiting very early, and likes to get verbals in the beginning to middle of your junior year.</p>
<p>Getting into Stanford through sport’s isn’t that easy, you have to have amazing grades and amazing athletic abilities. You have to have competed at the state or national level and must also be academically good.</p>
<p>I agree with everything previously stated. There is a big difference between D1 sports and the athletic conferences that the Ivy League schools compete. As noted, if you do not have colleges knocking down your door to recruit you for your sport, the prospects of getting an athletic scholarship at Stanford are probably not so good. It is possible, but not likely. Most Stanford sports have summer camps at Stanford. It is one way to have the coaches become aware of your ability.</p>
<p>I agree with everything stated by pvprincess, with one slight exception. Alix Klineman is a very bright person. She was in a very academically competitive school district and skipped a grade in school because she was performing beyond her peers.</p>
<p>mostly to cardfan: I wasn’t trying to impinge upon their academics, becaue Casey Roche and Bryn Kehoe are also pretty smart, I was simply noting the necessary caliber of athlete. Plus, she skipped 1st grade. I was supposed to skip 1st grade. It’s not THAT hard.</p>
<p>I agree with all the above posters. You have to rank nationally, if not internationally, at the top to get an athletic scholarship from Stanford. However, I have heard rumors of coaches who have promised athletes admission at Stanford (and other schools as well) and the athletes didn’t end up getting in…</p>
<p>All athletes must be admitted to the university by the Stanford admissions department. The admissions office has total authority to make this decision. Coaches sometimes recruit athletes and then find out the athlete does not get through the admissions office for academic reasons. </p>
<p>If a coach ever guaranteed an athlete he would be admitted before the decision was made by the admissions office, the coach would be misrepresenting his authority. I follow Stanford sports quite closely. I have never heard of a coach doing this, but I suppose anything is possible.</p>
<p>Even at strong academic schools like Stanford, coaches can “tag” an application, and the candidate can be accepted for athletic reasons (as long as they’re in the clearinghouse).</p>
<p>i got into school through the academic route, but i laud those who got in through scouting and merit as well. speaking of which, whose a better football team cal or the farm? but i know for sure, swimming is probably one of the best in the nation here at the farm.</p>
<p>Well, Tiger Woods also attended Stanford for a little while (according to the legend, he dropped out after taking the Econ 1 class, and figuring that the opportunity cost was way too high for him to stay in school ;)…)</p>
<p>i know 2 kids in my district who are very average intelligence who got recruited for football.</p>
<p>it is a huge advantage</p>
<p>Woods attended Stanford for more than “a little while”. He completed at least two full academic years there, including two seasons with the golf team and an NCAA individual championship. However, given his earnings during his first 24 months or so as a professional, if he concluded that the opportunity cost of remaining in college was too high, he was right.</p>
<p>John McEnroe attended Stanford for a little while – I think he left to turn pro without completing his third quarter. Lots of successful athletes, however, have actually graduated from Stanford, including John Elway, Jim Plunkett, Notah Begay, James Lofton.</p>
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No doubt about it!</p>
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<p>I’d say football and basketball are the exceptions. I’m generalizing here based off my own HS and some other stuff, but I’d say smarter students can generally be found in sports like tennis, swimming, golf, rowing, track/X-country, etc. And since football and basketball are the revenue sports, Stanford really can’t be as choosy.</p>
<p>I’m curious about the statement that Stanford does early verbaling in junior year. My understanding is that this is not the case at all because of the academic requirements that first need to be met, i.e., a student would have to have the SAT/ACT under his/her belt not to mention GPA for the entire junior year.</p>
<p>Not for high profile competitive sports like volleybal, basketball, and football. Colleges have been known to start asking for verbals before kids even enter high school. High level athletes usually give their verbals from november to april of their junior year. Rachel Williams, Charlotte Brown, and Hayley Spellman did this for Stanford. The junior verbal is a common practice for highly recruitable athletes. Other schools do this as well (Jordan Hasay committed to Oregon State her junior year, Teresa Skelly - Harvard, Tori Anthony- UCLA).</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of an athlete completing an application for admission in his/her junior year for admission 2 years hence? I posted this elsewhere, but in the sport my daughter plays, there is a rumor that an athlete now attending Stanford went through the admissions process during her junior year. This was instead of early verbaling because at Stanford there is no early verbaling for this particular sport as far as I know. Rumors and sports go hand in hand. I’m counting on someone of you to dispel or confirm.</p>