<p>How much does being a sports recruit lower the standards for SAT and GPA, approximately?</p>
<p>depends on the sport. but a lot of harvard athletes still have very good stats (1500+ sat, valedictorian, national merit, etc). as one harvard coach told me: "harvard doesn't have to recruit--harvard chooses."</p>
<p>in some sports, athletes' stats are lower, however...it just depends on what sport and how good you are.</p>
<p>so what sport??!!</p>