Harvard EA, Athlete

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Lots of nervous energy, very curious about my daughter.</p>

<p>White, Princeton/Columbia legacy ;-). Don't ask, she wants Harvard.</p>

<p>SAT I CR 760 M 750 W 730</p>

<p>SAT II Physics 770 Bio 720 Math II 800</p>

<p>AP Bio 5 Latin 5 Gov 5 Calc AB 5 Physics 5 Lang 4</p>

<p>GPA 4.4 Weighted at top public, 5%</p>

<p>Hardest possible schedule at hyper competitive mid atlantic school</p>

<p>Recs: all excellent, maybe over-the-top</p>

<p>EC:
Recruited Athlete (Captain 2 teams, 12 varsity letters)
100+ volunteer hours at local hospital for last 3 years</p>

<p>NHS, Latin Honor Society, Princeton Book Award, AP Scholar w/distinction
All-State/County/Conference Athlete</p>

<p>The coach is very positive, but nothing definite. She could probably get likely letters from other interested ivy coaches, not Harvard.</p>

<p>I'm worried she is putting her obvious athletic advantage at risk applying to Harvard, but it's what she wants.</p>

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<p>EC dont stand out beside athletics. IS she good enough to get recruited? if so she should go ahead. I just dont really see her getting into harvard without being an athlete recruit, but if she's good enough she should go ahead. Other than that nothing stands out. And, how can your daughter turn down princeton? I agree with your opinion there.</p>

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<p>Yes, she is an athletic recruit.</p>

<p>But the coach says she must go through the regular admission process, like all her recruits.</p>

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<p>i understand that she is an athletic recruit, but there are different types. Is she probably the best in the state? or just all-state? but, considering your daughters high SAT, GPA and if the coach puts her name on the athletic recruitment list she will get in.</p>

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<p>OK, fair enough, she is "just" all-state. Haha.</p>

<p>That makes her very competitive at lesser D1 schools like the ivies. (She would not be recruited by top schools like Penn State or Stanford) Not an impact recruit as a freshman, but will likely contribute to the team as a development athlete in later years.</p>

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<p>Based on her stellar grades AND recruited status, I'd say she's pretty much in unless she messes up her essay horribly. (which I don't think will happen considering both of her parents are Ivy-educated.) Welcome to Boston, where all the buildings in Harvad Yard look like clones from each other.</p>

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<p>uh that's wierd...I was trying to get recruited by dartmouth for tennis (i am ranked in states) but they accept Only NATIONALLY-Ranked top players....no execptions</p>

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<p>My daughter was strongly recruited by Dartmouth, she went to Hanover on an official visit a few weeks ago.</p>

<p>Tennis is one of the few sports with a real "national" ranking system, no?</p>

<p>Don't know about Dartmouth tennis, is it a national power?</p>

<p>I suppose if there were such thing as national ranking in her sport........</p>

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<p>oh maybe that's why....yea...dartmout has one of the best college tennis teams, and unfortunately there is a rank (however, the ranking system is really stupid because you have to only play on certain tournaments sponsred by USTA...)</p>

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<p>From what I know of Ivy atheltic recruits -- she's very admissible if the coach wants her.</p>

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<p>that's true</p>