<p>I have a general question for the forum. If a potential student is a recruited athlete with a Likely letter, are they guaranteed admission into the school, even if their grades are subpar? I would be curious what the turnover for these type of students is.</p>
<p>You would get more responses if you posted either in the class of 2016 U Penn forum or the athletic recruit forum. Your question needs to be rephrased…the steps in Ivy recruiting generally include: 1) a pre-read of the SAT orACT and GPA by the adcomm (as well as a financial aid pre-read if needed) at the request of the coach. 2) consideration of the athlete for a “slot”. Each coach is allowed a certain number of slots per team per year from admissions 3) the recruited athlete (one with a slot) turns in a completed application to admissions 4) the admissions committee makes the final decision whether or not to accept the student but in general recruited athletes with slots are accepted (informal Ivy recruits with tips do not necessarily have the same level of support through admissions) 5) if the recruited athlete is accepted, the adcomm has the option of sending a likely letter to the athlete stating that they are likely to be accepted to the university come Dec. 15 or April 1. Likely letters can only be written by the adcomm (not coaches). In general, likely letters are given so an athlete with a D1 offer can know where they stand with an Ivy prior to the official admit decision dates and national signing dates</p>
<p>It is assumed that admitted students will keep or exceed the level of academic excellence and rigor that they had when accepted. Ivy school have been known to give warnings to students as well as rescind admissions offers if mid-year reports slip.</p>
<p>You would get more responses if you posted either in the class of 2016 U Penn forum or the athletic recruit forum. Your question needs to be rephrased…the steps in Ivy recruiting generally include: 1) a pre-read of the SAT orACT and GPA by the adcomm (as well as a financial aid pre-read if needed) at the request of the coach. 2) consideration of the athlete for a “slot”. Each coach is allowed a certain number of slots per team per year from admissions 3) the recruited athlete (one with a slot) turns in a completed application to admissions 4) the admissions committee makes the final decision whether or not to accept the student but in general recruited athletes with slots are accepted (informal Ivy recruits with tips do not necessarily have the same level of support through admissions) 5) if the recruited athlete is accepted, the adcomm has the option of sending a likely letter to the athlete stating that they are likely to be accepted to the university come Dec. 15 or April 1. Likely letters can only be written by the adcomm (not coaches). In general, likely letters are given so an athlete with a D1 offer can know where they stand with an Ivy prior to the official admit decision dates.</p>
<p>It is assumed that admitted students will keep or exceed the level of academic excellence and rigor that they had when accepted. Ivy school have been known to give warning to students as well as rescind admissions offers if mid-year reports slip.</p>
<p>Thx 3kidz2college…sorry but no forum for 2016 exists for UPENN…not sure why. I appreciate your response though.</p>