<p>Hello all, I'm a recruited athlete (wrestler to be specific) at several ivies and nescac (williams, amherst, middlebury) schools. I have chosen Princeton as my top pick for a variety of reasons which I won't get into. So anyways, I've decided to apply early there. I basically wanted to know how much athletics really mean at an ivy, where, supposedly they don't really lower their standards. Basically I'm a mid level recruit, not one of their top studs, but good enough to get help. What does everybody think my chances are, keeping in mind that I'm getting recruited. Here are the stats.
1. Grades- I go to a hyper elite New Hampshire boarding school (narrows it down very quickly) which does not calculate gpa, class ranking, or quartile at all. But I have what's basi9cally equivalent to a an A-/B+ average in a class of 150 or so, which is very good for my school. My school also does not offer AP's but I take all the hardest classes in every subject but math. however, i have received a 5 in English lit and a 4 in Us history.
2. SAT's so far. 800 critical reading 770 Writing 680 Math for a total of 2250.
Sat 2's: 780 Literature 670 Bio- going to take spanish and us history in october and try to get three over 750.
3. EC's
Three sport captain- football, wrestling, tennis
Prefect
Head of Radio Station and another political club
Band-two instruments (THe secret dork in me)
Did a three week long comm service trip where I taught little kids to read
I figure that I have the added bonus of a verbal/english slanted boy, which is rare, as boys are usually better at math. hopefully this can make me stand out a bit.
Thanks for the feedback, basically I'm interested in how much being a recruited athlete will help me. I'm realistic and I know that at the top schools it becomes something of a crapshoot so I'm prepared for the worst.</p>
<p>Applying ED will almost certainly get you in. Regular decision, unless you sign a letter of intent, is a crapshoot. All my friends that went Ivy for football or track this year went ED.
They really "do" lower their standards though, I know I had a girl friend of mine go to UPenn with an 1160 on her SAT because she's a 19+ foot long jumper.</p>
<p>Yea, i know, it's unfortunate but they really do lower their standards quite a bit for athletes, although they'll have to lower their standards a bit for me so I can't complain too much.</p>
<p>any opinions? there have to be some other people who are doing Ivy ED for athletics.</p>
<p>I would talk to the coach. Some coaches want to "green light" a recruit before they go ED. Ask the coach where you stand, and if they definately want you, go ahead for ED if thats your #1 choice. The coaches also have a lot of pull in regular admissions. You have great grades/scores/ECs, so it would not be a huge deal for them. Coaches are more likely to ask a weak student to apply ED because if they know that the student will definately go there, they can go all out with admissions. i think you're fine ED or RD.</p>
<p>I did Princeton ED last year and got in. I'm from Minnesota; 5 of us got in ED. 3 recruited male cross-country, 1 recruited female hockey, and me, who wasn't recruited persay, but had been in contact with the rowing coach and basically promised to row. So take that info as you will.</p>
<p>Well a 2250 for an athletic recruit is pretty high anyways. i say you could probably make it.</p>
<p>Also, does your school have good realtions with Princeton? If so, then you should really have no problem</p>
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<p>Not necesarrily. I was told that if I applied ED to Wake Forest I'd be in no problem, on the team, blahblahblah, but I didn't because if I didn't get a lot of financial aid on top of some sort of athletic scholarship I probably couldn't afford it. I applied regular decision, the coach was ****ed, found someone to replace me, and I didn't get in. Word to the wise.</p>
<p>aren't you going to davidson ecliptica, or was that someone else?</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. As for my school's relations with princeton, they are very good. We send about 7 kids there every year from a class of 150. I'm feeling ok about my chances right now. The coach told me to go ED, although I know that he probably told that to many other people. I know that I'm definetly not liek a top recruit, I'm more of a kid that they recruit because I fall in their averages and I have the added bonus of possibly being a solid contributor on the team. I don't really know where I stand exactly, one of my good friends got in there ED last year with much worse grades and a 1390, although he was LITERALLY the top rowing recruit in the country, eg junior world team member, 6:15 2k for all you rowers out there. However, I am clearly not this level of recruit, so I'm not too sure how mid-level recruits get treated.</p>
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<p>Nah, I'm going to Tulane.</p>
<p>meateater - Philips Exeter?</p>
<p>St. Paul's. got into exeter and my grandfather went there, but I thought it was too big and my dad went to St. Paul's, I also just got the feeling when you know a school is right for you at St. Paul's.</p>
<p>ah Tulane was it. Applying in the fall ;)</p>
<p>Haha, seriously? You playing any sports or did you just randomly stumble upon this thread (I search for "athletics", "track", "recruiting", and "sports" and only reply to threads with those in them, hahaha :))</p>
<p>Right now, my biggest worry is that the coach won't give me as much support since he may think that because I'm probably more academically qualified than other recruits I won't need him as much, especially since I'm not a top recruit, although he has told me to apply early.</p>
<p>if the coach asked you to apply early, and you are read to go ED, I'd say your chances are extremely good.</p>
<p>But don't you think that he probably says that to a ton of kids? I'm just trying to separate the ******** of forked tongued coaches. The reason being, I have a few friends who have applied early at the urging of Ivy coaches who screw them.</p>
<p>I run track, but only good enough for DIII</p>
<p>wow, i've never heard of anyone being screwed by an ivy coach who told them to apply early. well, maybe mention something to the coach, straight up ask him what is the interest level in me and what kind of other athletes are you recruiting. these coaches usually have wish lists, and maybe theyll tell you where you are. and if worst comes to worst, you apply early and don't get in, you can still apply RD to other schools.</p>
<p>With your grades, scores, ECs and your very good prep school, you have a great chance already. Add in the sports recruit, and I think you're almost guaranteed.</p>
<p>And, go Tigers! :p</p>
<p>--Pton 09er</p>