<p>extractor, anything in the 30s should generally do for the Ivies (possibly 28 or 29 for schools with lower AIs, if your son is a real impact player that is).</p>
<p>I agree with the point that the parent should never talk to the coach. Also, since there is no money involved, the first consideration with NESCAC or Ivy should always be the school itself and athletics a distant second. An impact athlete is greatly helped in the admissions process, but minimums will always apply- around 600 per SAT test, for example, which, as most know, is far below the average SAT score for those admitted to Ivy or NESCAC. Ethnicity might help if the ethnicity is black, hispanic or native american, as these schools do, and rightly so, give a slight admissions benefit to these populations.</p>
<p>^ Generally what you said about URMs isn’t true for those who are recruited athletes. Athletic departments have to meet AI demands regardless of an athlete’s ethnicity.</p>
<p>Parents should, yes, stay out of the way until the coach has familiarized with the athlete enough (and has shown him enough interest) to where it would make sense for the parent(s) to meet the coach (generally the coach will say when).</p>