Ivy League Recruited Athletes

<p>Would you mind posting your academic stats? I need to know approximately what I need to score on the SAT/ACT/SAT Subject Tests. It will be greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>My son was considering the Ivy League. He was told he needed a minimum of a 2000 on the SAT. He scored a 2090, 35 on the ACT, took three subject tests and scored over 750 on all of them, and had an unweighted GPA of 4.0 (weighted 4.8) Hope that helps.</p>

<p>This thread should have the info you want
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/820784-what-average-ivy-recruits-stats.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/820784-what-average-ivy-recruits-stats.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>SAT I: 2090 (M 680 CR 690 W 720)
SAT II: Lit 570 Math 650</p>

<p>GPA 4.0/4.9 (Not entirely sure on the weighted, but I know the unweighted for sure)</p>

<p>And, also, it does depend on your sport/how good you are. If youre a state or national champ (or record holder, to include the awesome people) then all Ivys will take that as a MASSIVE EC (plus youll have coach support most likely) and you could get admitted with an even lower score. However, if you are just a regional athlete (and not in the strong regions, I mean) then your application would be more focused on the other parts, such as academics and other ECs.</p>

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<p>I’ve already seen this thread. Thanks though!!</p>

<p>DS was SAT 2230, ACT 35, Subjects 800, 790, 780. That was good enough everywhere.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>^^ the ACT and SAT2 scores are amazing!</p>

<p>Son’s teammate is playing for an Ivy next year (soccer)…gpa 3.6, SAT I 1870. Not sure of the subject tests. One other teammate…4.0 gpa and 2030 SAT I. Know of one of his basketball friends…3.5 GPA 1700 SAT (yes, that is correct).</p>

<p>columbia, harvard, penn, cornell, dartmouth
3.8 (7ap, 5 honors, top prep school)
SAT 2300</p>

<p>4.2 gpa weighted / 2280 SAT (superscored) / 35 ACT Comp
ranked #21 nationally in her event</p>

<p>Weighted GPA around 4.2, 2300 SAT first and only sitting with 800 CR, ranked 11th nationally in her event for her recruiting class, all honors and AP classes except for certain required courses. SAT II’s were only in the 690–740 range. Took officials at HYPSC, accepted to H and S.</p>

<p>gpa: 3.3
SAT: 2030</p>

<p>It may be different for other sports but don’t be discouraged by the other replies. My son was in either the highest or second highest academic band with his stats, so perfect GPAs and SATs are nowhere near needed…atleast for football.</p>

<p>I know Yale’s baseball coach recently sent an email saying their baseball team averaged about 2000-2100 on the SAT.</p>

<p>I was recruited by Columbia for fencing- 2270 SAT, 800 Math 2 800 World History 770 USH on SAT2s</p>

<p>I look at this post differenty. For Ivy consideration, it is assumed your academics are top notch. There are two parts to the recruited Ivy athlete. This thread is missing out on the most important aspect of the Ivy recruited athlete…the athletic aspect. </p>

<p>The recruited Ivy athlete needs to understand where they athletically fit in the college recruiting hierarchy. What athletic skills do you have that sets you apart all the other recruited Ivy athletes in your sport. Academics is a requirement to keeping you on the coaches list, but athletics has the potential to put you on the top of the coaches list if you are really, really good. The coach can’t keep everyone on the list!</p>

<p>Most of the folks on this site (considering Ivys) have tremendous SATs/ACTs/ECs, GPAs etc. That stuff sets you apart from the rest of the bell curve academically. It puts you in the conversation for recruited athlete if you have great grades and play a sport. Most folks understand you have to be smart to go to an Ivy. To be a recrutied Ivy athlete, you have to be a pretty darn good athlete and have some skills that sets you apart on the athletic field. Remember, these schools are looking for the best possible athletes they can get through admissions within the rules. Yes academics is important but athletic skill is more important for recruited Ivy athlete. </p>

<p>Any by the way, most of these athletes do have the academic stats to get in without a sport!</p>

<p>Bottom line - SATS/ACT/GPA/ECs/Essay + D1 athletic talent important for Ivy Recruited Admission. </p>

<p>Bottom line - SATS/ACT/GPA/ECs/Essay important for Ivy Admission</p>

<p>fenwaysouth is EXACTLY right. During my D’s recruiting process I talked with her high school coach very frequently after he would talk with each college coach. The bottom line question is always, “Is this athlete really DI caliber?” Anything less is just a waste of a spot on the team. Of course it’s a bit like buying lottery tickets… the coach does his best to get a strong recruiting class knowing that some kids have had their best years already, some have undisclosed/undiscovered injuries/eating disorders, and so on, that keep them from ever playing at the college level. I think coaches are often surprised about which athletes from each class rise to the top. They do their very best to pick winners, though.</p>

@TheGFG I have very similar stats… What sport do they play and what was their unweighted gpa if you know?

My takeaway after going through the process with my kid:

  1. There’s a lot of variance in Ivy league academic stats. It depends on a lot of things: the school, the sport, the coach the skill and academic stats of the other landed recruits and more. I’ve seen huge variance. I’ve heard of one coach that doesn’t submit any recruit with less than a 222 AI, which is quite high. I’ve seen a lot less than that get in at other Ivies and sports.

  2. I live in a highly recruited sports area, and know kids in the past couple of years going to Ivies in most sports: Football, baseball, track, tennis and golf. Skill wise, none of the players I’ve seen go are even close to high D1 level at their sport. The are what I would say as a whole low to low-mid D1. None of the players that I personally know were even the best player on their team (although they were up there).

  3. In general, the Ivies will go lower on GPA and ACT/SAT than most people think. I’m not talking 2.9 gpa and 25 SAT. But, 3.5 unweighted or high 20s ACT won’t necessarily rule an athlete out. BUT, the coach has to really want/need the player. And, the higher the academic numbers (the “more you can bring to the table” as coaches say). the better.

Maybe your area is not representative of what is going on in tennis

Tennisrecruitingnet, the most authoritative college tennis recruiting website, just released its ranking of the top-25 college men’s tennis recruiting classes for 2016. All eight Ivies were in the top-25. Here is what TRN had to say:

“When it comes to men’s tennis recruiting, the Ivy League always has an impressive showing. All eight programs have appeared in our rankings since 2010, with balance among its programs top to bottom that we do not see in other conferences. But this year, the Ivies have outdone themselves. All eight Ivy institutions appear in our Top 25 - a historic showing.”

http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=2178

@BostonianPerson, this thread is over 5 years old and @theGFG’s daughter has graduated. (xc, t&f iirc)