<p>I heard that there was this one football player with a 1300 SAT score who got into Harvard or something and I didn't believe it at first. But then I went on the Internet and saw for sure that the guy was offered a scholarship and had a 1300 SAT score. Is it just me or does that seem even for an athletic recruit, a bit too low for Harvard? He did redeem himself with a 26 ACT score to make it seem respectable though, Lol</p>
<p>Silverturtle, it is out of 2400. And basically even though they’re not given athletic scholarships, it pretty much is, because their given a full ride, it’s just technically not called an athletic scholarship.</p>
<p>I watched his highlight tape and he is really fast. My only problem with him as football player is that his tape looks like he is playing against 8th graders. </p>
<p>The problem I have with Harvard recruiting him isn’t that they lowered their standards, its more that the coaches are putting him in a difficult position to have success in the class room.</p>
<p>It is much more likely that the 1300 is out of 1600. Many of the athletes on the website do not have a SAT score posted. Why post a 1300 if it is out of 2400? I copied the brief athlete biography. Note the academic honors at the end of the paragraph:</p>
<p>Lettered in football and track & field at the North Cross School … Football captain as a senior … Two-time All-America status as a running back … US Army All-American Combine attendee as a senior … Two-time all-state selection … Division-3 NISAA National Running Back of the Year as a junior … Two-time All-Timesland … Rivals.com first team all-state as a senior … Played on a state championship team as a junior … Compiled 3,859 rushing yards and 45 touchdowns in two years, averaging 9.1 yards per carry … Set school record with 345 yards in a game … Two-year community service with local parks and charities … Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award … National Honor Society … Four-year Honor Roll selection</p>
<p>Guys make no joke about it.This guy has got alot of talent.Harvard can only offer you a scholarship if your grades are better than average so maybe anything higher that 3.2.</p>
<p>With all due respect to some of the posters, but you all continue to perpetuate the myth that Ivys offer athletic scholarships. The Ivys DO NOT GIVE athletic (or merit/academic) scholarships. All scholarships are need based financial aid available to every single student on the same basis using the same internal algorithms.</p>
<p>While athletes may be accepted with lower scores/grades than the average student, there are a whole host of other categories to which the same can be said (e.g., URMs, first generation college students, etc.)</p>
<p>Sometimes its like howling into the night trying to explain it to the world how the IVYs work. And, no matter how many times its explained, it does not seem to matter.</p>
<p>Here’s an article about the kid in the first post: [North</a> Cross RB to play for Harvard](<a href=“http://www.roanoke.com/sports/highschool/wb/224588]North”>http://www.roanoke.com/sports/highschool/wb/224588)
The article makes it clear that there is no athletic scholarship. He may have substantial financial aid, based on his family’s finances. Is need-based aid “sweetened” for recruited athletes? Possibly, but probably not. At the Ivies, athletic ability can get you in despite weaker academics–although there are limits to that as well.</p>
<p>Bunts1 said: “Harvard can only offer you a scholarship if your grades are better than average . .”</p>
<p>NOT TRUE!!!</p>
<p>From Harvard’s web site:</p>
<p>“All of Harvard’s financial aid is awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need - there are no academic, athletic or merit-based awards.”</p>
<p>I just got off the phone with Joe Villapiano
Who happens to be the recruiting co-ordinator at Harvard and although it states that no scholarships are given at Harvard that kid was their number one recruit this season and as a result he has been offered one.He is a special ‘case’,but you are right most of the time(95%)scholarships arent given and hes parent wouldnt be able to afford it in any case</p>
<p>Bunts, I’m gonna call your bluff. You’re a high school junior living in South Africa, and you happen to know the head of recruiting for Harvard’s football team well enough to ring him up? I mean, it’s not impossible, but it’s far-fetched. Also, if your tale is true, Joe may not be too happy that you’re posting his violation of the Ivy League policy on granting athletic scholarships on CC. I would believe that the formula for calculating FA packages might include a fudge factor for some athletes, but I would bet no Ivy coach ever refers to it as an athletic scholarship.</p>
<p>Who ever keeps posting that Harvard doesn’t offer athletic scholarships. You are correct, but like Bunts1 mentioned, the only reason I brought this up was because this is that supposed “special case” where for some reason, the guy got a scholarship. You are correct though that this is generally not the case.</p>
<p>The Ivies don’t offer athletic or merit-based scholarships. Period. They only offer need-based aid. There are no special cases, no exceptions. Nobody from any Ivy League school will say anything to the contrary.
Now, will the athletic department communicate with the financial aid office to make sure that all the need-based factors are being carefully considered? Maybe. No one can ever say for sure what happens behind the scenes. But whatever the kid gets, it will be labeled need-based financial aid.</p>