<p>I really want to play golf for Brown, and I feel that I could easily make the team… but I’m not sure how recruiting for sports works with the Ivy Leagues? I just finished my sophomore year in high school. I have a 3.92/4.52 GPA, 100+ volunteer hours, I’m a member of the Model UN, Academic World Quest, the Scholar Bowl, and I’m founding a photography club at my school come junior year. I plan on making my first unofficial visit to the campus this summer. Basically, what I’m wanting to find out is how do the Ivy’s (especially Brown) go about getting players, and if having the coach interested in you gives any leeway towards admission, or do I have to be accepted to the school first?</p>
<p>I don’t know much about sports recruiting. What I can say, however, is to get in touch with the coach, and try to talk to him/her when you visit this summer if you can.</p>
<p>There’s a whole board here on College Confidential about sports recruiting, with many experienced people commenting. You should go there, read what’s already been posted, and then ask questions.</p>
<p>okay thanks! I’m new to this website, so I was unaware that there was already a thread.</p>
<p>The main differences between ivy league recruiting and the rest of the schools is that you will not get any athletic scholarships, and your stats have to be much higher than your average athletic recruit.</p>
<p>I second the suggestion that you check out the Athletic Recruits forum on CC. </p>
<p>Your academic worthiness at an Ivy is measured by your Academic Index, or AI. A perfect AI is 240. To determine yours, roughly, take your combined score on the SAT math and CR sections. Divide by 10. Then add in your class rank score. If you’re #1 in your class, it’s 80. If you are around #10, it’s around 70. If you’re in the top 25%, it’s about 57. Best to search “AI calculator ivy” and you can plug your exact numbers in. </p>
<p>To answer your question about the influence a coach has, your AI must be within one standard deviation of the mean AI of the current freshman class. At Brown I believe the number is around 208. If you cross that academic threshold, and if the coach really wants you (meaning you could reasonably be expected to contribute to the team’s success), then the coach would offer you a “Likely Letter” in the fall of your senior year. The Likely Letter comes from the Admissions Office and says, basically, as long as you don’t fall off the map academically or start dealing crack, you’ll be receiving an acceptance letter in the spring. </p>
<p>The coach probably only can offer 3-5 “likelies” each year. So look at the team’s performance this year and estimate whether you could be top ten there. I’d have to think you would need to be at or near a scratch golfer.</p>