<p>It seems from my research that certain schools give coaches a specified number of "admits", within a fairly loose academic range, (e.g. 1200 SAT and top 1/3rd of high school class at an ivy league school). Others allow the coaches to "support" certain students' applications, but require that the students' academic credentials be somewhat closer to the school's normal standards. With the first method only the truly outstanding athlete will get any help.
With the second method a coach's support can be the factor that distinguishes a student from an outstanding pool of applicants.
I assume that standards used differ from school to school and from sport to sport but if anyone can expand on the topic and comment on which of the top schools use which method it would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I'm not an athlete, but one of my friends was heavily recruited. I know that Yale told her that if she got a 1200 on her SAT, she would be admitted. She didn't get it, and she is now a happy and successful freshman at Georgetown. There are those two schools for you.</p>
<p>Kid from my school just got into Yale. He's definately in the top third, but doesn't take the most challenging classes. Decent gpa (like 3.8 or 3.9 uw, but not toughest course load) and Sat scores of 2060 (although it might be 2200). He was recruited by a lot of the ivies for football and lax, without those sports, he wouldn't have gotten in to be blunt. He can hold his own, though, just doesn't challenge himself that much and should do fine.</p>
<p>someone from my school got recruited to Princeton for track. Would have gotten in if he had scored a 1200....he didn't. Going to Ithaca now.</p>
<p>I heard that Yale (and prob most other schools) lets coaches put together a "wish list" of students they'd like admitted, and for those students, acceptance rates jump from around 10-12% to over 50%. <strong>shakes head</strong></p>
<p>a kid from my school played football and would have gotten into princeton if he had gotten a 27 on the ACT.</p>
<p>he did get into brown, though</p>
<p>I could have been recruited for soccer, but I had this injury a couple of months ago thanks to skateboarding :( I didnt bother playing soccer for months.</p>
<p>i think there is a lot of discussion in other threads about this. you might want to read about AI--academic index.</p>
<p>my friend (football athlete) got into bates ED with 1600 and 3.0 and last year one got into middlebury with 3.3 1150...i may go to wpi and i have a 2.5 with 1700</p>
<p>i'm currently being recruited by a few of the top LACs but as I am coming off a gap i was not given any must reach test scores. my SATs are good enough for any of the top LACs but my GPA blew-although taking APs. I did get some support, no guaranteed admission. Coaches ran my application stuff by admissions people before I actually submitted it, so I could make clarify anything necessary and figure out what they were looking for. Normally all these schools would be questionable, not huge reaches but probably slight ones- hopefully being top 5 on these coaches lists will push it over the edge.</p>
<p>There are quite a few parents of recuited athletes in the parents forum. Maybe they can give you some insight.</p>
<p>Here are some threads that can hopefully help you</p>
<p>Do some recruited athletes get "more support" than others?</p>
<p>Competitive SAT score for athlete
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=53532&highlight=athletic+recruiting%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=53532&highlight=athletic+recruiting</a></p>
<p>Is enthusiastic coach call = "likely letter"?
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=12935&highlight=athletic+recruiting%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=12935&highlight=athletic+recruiting</a></p>
<p>New York Times article about college recruiting </p>
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<p>A portion of the article from the online edition at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.nytimes.com</a></p>
<p>December 25, 2005
Admissions and the Cold Slap of Rejection
By BILL PENNINGTON
Kevin Friedenberg was certain he had played by all the rules of the college recruiting game. </p>
<p>A top high school lacrosse goalie from Needham, Mass., he had e-mailed coaches to promote himself and had attended showcase camps and tournaments. An A student who said he had College Board scores equivalent to 1,380 on the two-part SAT, Friedenberg narrowed his choices to three Division III institutions, including Haverford, a small, selective liberal arts college.</p>
<p>Friedenberg twice visited the Haverford campus outside Philadelphia, with astute questions for the lacrosse coach, Mike Murphy: Could he study a year abroad? How many advanced placement high school courses did he need to take? Did Haverford need a goalie? Would the coach support him in admissions?
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=130666&highlight=athletic+recruiting%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=130666&highlight=athletic+recruiting</a></p>
<p>Does athletics seem to be a major hook for the ivy schools?
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=129074&highlight=athletic+recruiting%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=129074&highlight=athletic+recruiting</a></p>
<p>Sports Recruiting </p>
<p>I hope that this helps</p>
<p>Oh, being recruited DEFINITELY helps. One kid in my school is African-American and was recruited for swimming at Yale. He is smart, but nothing special compared to the top of our class.</p>