<p>hey guys, I am going on an official visit to Dartmouth in early January for football and I have sent it all my transcripts and test scores. So what do I do now? If they are having me come for a visit, does that mean I am being highly recruited or what? </p>
<p>Also, I have about a B average for grades and a 28 ACT score, but I dont know my academic index number or what band i'm in because they havent told me and I'm worried that I might not get in. The coaches are very interested but I'm curious as to why they havent told me what band i am in. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with this situation? Like if you were/are an athlete at Dartmouth? And also if you have any idea what Dartmouth's band numbers look like, that would be great to know.</p>
<p>There is one poster a couple of years ago whose son was a recruited football player from FL. His ACT was 29. That’s all I can tell you. You could try the athletic recruitment forum on CC.</p>
<p>They can’t tell you because they have to look at the recruit pool in aggregate. From the coaches’ perspective, they have limited spots with fixed Academic Index goals.</p>
<p>If your fellow recruits are super test scorers and great FB metrics, then the coaches have more room to grab others with lesser scores.</p>
<p>If everyone is equal in their academics, then they need to more carefully weigh whom they offer recruit slots to. And it’s also a function of what you can bring to the team in terms of athletic performance as well. If you can perform more, the more latitude you can have on your academics. The same applies to all your fellow recruits. But the coach needs to balance all of that given the # of slots he has, and to fill any specific needs on the team already.</p>