<p>Four years after early decision was abolished at Princeton, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye still sends out letters each winter to a select group of Princeton applicants effectively guaranteeing their admission, barring a drop-off in academic performance or disciplinary issues in the ensuing months. The vast majority are singled out because they excel at sports.</p>
<p>Getting</a> in: Athletes? road to admission - The Daily Princetonian</p>
<p>This is a disappointing article from Princeton’s paper…</p>
<p>Wow,
all of those comments from the “faculty”, outraged whom-evers, “parents” , etc are just appalling…
I cannot believe “faculty” really wrote it–and in such a cowardly way…
and the parents’ responses are equally rude…as are the student responses… </p>
<p>Does anyone know what percentage of freshmen each year are recruited athletes,
or Questbridge
or diversity/urm s etc etc</p>
<p>artciles like this are not new news–and miss the point of the “diverse population” of the university…The whole argument in the comments about worthy/underserving vs unworth/undeserving etc is really really ugly…</p>
<p>Princeton, ( like HYD etc) is not a jock school—</p>
<p>It’s not a D1 powerhouse,
P is NOT paying athletes to play…the kids play for the love of the sport not money…and they have worked on that sport on top of great grades, scores etc.</p>
<p>FWIW Our student submitted above 700 on all sections of the SAT/corresponding ACT etc, plus above 700 on each 3 SAT2s plus high rigor and high GPA, AP exams etc etc on top of sport and leadership etc…
And there is No sports money…</p>
<p>as far as athletes scores–I dont think there are 500s like one commentor suggests…
Having scores in the 500s would not be 1 SD beneath the AI --those are “urban myth and legend” and frankly I think athletes sometimes say stuff to yank someone else’s chain…kind of like perpetuating the myth of getting athletic money to play for an ivy.</p>
<p>First, bear in mind that it is common knowledge that the comments on the Daily Princetonian are often put there by people who are not who they say they are. The supposed faculty members and parents are more likely drunken students or non-Princeton people ■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>I believe that 20% to 25% of the students at Princeton are recruited athletes. The school has over 30 teams, and the coaches expect a fair number of recruits to quit the teams, as they are not going to lose any scholarship money if they do, so the coaches need to recruit somewhat higher numbers than you would think to fill out these 30+ teams. </p>
<p>Regarding poor academics on athletes, the article says that the average Academic Index score for an athlete is 214. The following student will have an AI of 214:</p>
<p>SAT: 700V 740M
SAT II: 760 720 700
Class Rank: 15/522</p>
<p>That’s not perfect, but is certainly in the superior range. Add in All-American, All-State or some other type of athletic achievement/ability that merits being considered for the lower side of Division 1 (which means that the athlete is probably the best athlete in his or her school, unless it’s an athletic powerhouse), and you have a high achiever.</p>
<p>All Ivy schools have been letting athletes know they’re in ahead of time for generations when an athlete tells the school that he or she has to choose between accepting an athletic scholarship now or waiting to hear from Princeton in April.</p>