<p>This is going to sound bad, but I'm really curious about it. I have a friend at my school who is applying to Yale. All of my academic numbers are significantly higher than hers, and we're the same ethnicity (Hispanic), but she's an amazing hurdler and I guess she's being recruited to run track. She says the coach basically guarantees that she'll get in (I don't know if that's true or if she's exaggerating). If that's the case, I'm happy for her - she loves the school - but I'm also extremely nervous for myself. Our high school has roughly 2000-2500 students, and we're from a smallish town in Minnesota. If she is recruited, will my chances of getting in be hindered? I'm in love with Yale so that would suck major...</p>
<p>Your chances are totally independent of any recruited athlete.</p>
<p>The idea of quotas per high school is a common discussion here on CC. For Yale, the consensus seems to be that there isn’t any kind of limit. My personal experience is that the high school where my kids went admits from 1 to 7 (out of a typical class of 225) per year. </p>
<p>Okay, I guess that’s reassuring… I mean odds are I wouldn’t get in anyway, but it’s nice to know that I’ve still got a chance, however small 
thanks!</p>
<p>If you think you have a reasonable chance to get into a school like Yale, then there must be many very excellent schools you are also qualified for. Make sure you’re in love with some of them too!</p>
<p>Even if there were quotas for a particular high school, they wouldn’t apply to a situation involving a recruited athlete.</p>
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No – because you and the recruited athlete are not competing for the same “role.”</p>
<p>What does that mean? Well, think of a high school musical director who is choosing a cast for a show. Let’s use “Urinetown” as the example. The director needs to cast so many males, so many females, so many sopranos, altos, tenors etc. They need to cast for particular roles. And not everyone is castable for every role. For example, if you’re a woman, there’s almost a 100% chance you will NOT get cast as “Officer Barrel.”</p>
<p>Admission to a top college works pretty much the same way. In a very real sense, you aren’t competing against everyone in the applicant pool for admission; you’re competing against those who can play the same “role” or “roles.” So, at most top colleges, about 15% of the places will be reserved for athletes. If you’re not an athlete, those spots are not for you. About 10% will go to internationals; if you are a US citizen, those spots aren’t for you either. Some places will go to underrepresented minorities (URM’s). Again, if you’re not a URM, that’s not a role you can play.</p>
<p>If you’re applying solely on academics, then you are competing for that “role” (not that of an athlete).</p>
<p>Yes, you can. The athletes at my son’s schools have already gotten their accepts, some as early as last year. Incredible, IMO. But yes, the Ivies have accepted some kids already as have other highly selective schools and any school for that matter. </p>
<p>I think the question here is if Yale gives advantage to applicants from a HS that never sent anyone to Yale and will this advantage disappear because of this situation?</p>
<p>The OP does not state that the school has never had an admitted a Yale applicant. </p>
<p>It could be argued that Yale could easily fill all of it’s seats with students only from the eastern seaboard and California (without reducing overall GPA/SAT stats) due to the concentration of population in those regions but it doesn’t. Yale, therefore, actively seeks equivalent candidates from the entire country. By extension, one could argue that Yale actively seeks students from all high schools. What does not seem to be the case is that individual schools have limits. If Yale identifies one student in a school that it usually doesn’t admit from it will accept more from the same school if those students meet the criteria in play.</p>