Is there a minimum class rank for football athletes, or only AI

[sherpa]

<p>Being one of CC’s most valued contributors, I’m surprised by the misinformation gibby is posting.</p>

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By Ivy League rules, the minimum GPA allowed at all the ancient 8 schools is a 3.0…

The NYT article makes no such claim. As gibby correctly notes, “a student with a 3.0 GPA would need to score a 750 on each sub-section of the SAT and have a 750 on both SAT Subject Tests to have an AI score of 217…” It is also true that a student with 800s across the board could have a 217 with a GPA below 3.0.</p>

<p>In any event, gibby’s assertions that

Harvard’s team AI is thought to be 220, possibly higher

and

For every recruited athlete that is under 220, another team player must be recruited with a 220+ to offset the lower score.

are also incorrect.</p>

<p>According to gibby’s first source <a href=“https://www.mka.org/uploaded/college_counseling/Publications/AI_Guidelines_Worksheet.pdf”>https://www.mka.org/uploaded/college_counseling/Publications/AI_Guidelines_Worksheet.pdf&lt;/a&gt;

The Campus AI is the average of all students on campus. This varies slightly from college to college, but probably no more than ten points across the entire group. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are thought to have the highest Campus AI at approximately 220…
…The Athletic AI for all athletes in all sports must be within one standard deviation of the Campus AI…
…TEAM AI Must be within one standard deviation (10-15 points) of the Campus AI for that institution…

The implication is that HYP athletes must have AIs of 205-210. But that’s only an average for all athletes, not a minimum for every athlete. As the article gibby cites explains:

The Athletic AI for all athletes in all sports must be within one standard deviation of the Campus AI. This allows each college some flexibility by allowing a few key revenue sports to have a Team AI lower than one standard deviation but be collectively offset by others with a Team AI less than one standard deviation away from the Campus AI (fencing, golf, squash, tennis, for example).

As such, the football team is not held to the 205-210 overall athlete standard, much less the overall student average of 220.</p>