<p>anybody have any experience as a recruited athlete.
Daughter being recruited by two IVIES.
what to hear experiences as far as what were academic index and sat scores</p>
<p>What sport and wat's the other school?</p>
<p>Congrats to ur daughter! That's an amazing opportunity! (I'm not so that's y I can't give any advice...but if u open up the discussion by school and sport u could get some good inside advice about both the sport at Cornell and the school comparisons)</p>
<p>women's hockey at cornell.
ALSO YALE.....WANT TO HEAR WHAT A RECRUITED ATHLETE NEEDS AS FAR AS SAT I AND SAT IIS</p>
<p>hm...finally I forgot to ask about what major.</p>
<p>That's great tho...two absolutely amazing schools! </p>
<p>I know that men's hockey is a prosperous religion at Cornell but I'm not sure about Women's yet. I guess we will c wat ppl say.</p>
<p>I don't think academic index really means anything</p>
<p>mine was like a two</p>
<p>i would have her do hockey at cornell! both the men's and women's teams are amazing.</p>
<p>we would also probably see each other at the rink all the time because im figure/synchronized skating for cornell :)</p>
<p>1380/1600 for SAT's</p>
<p>SAT2's in the 700's are fine.</p>
<p>what are AI? and why is there an SAT minimum for athletics when there is no minimum for acceptance?</p>
<p>Speaking from our experience with ivy recruiting, you will get what is called a "pre-read". What they will do is have somebody look over your tracscripts and see if your grades and SAT scores fall within an acceptable range for the school. They will then have the student write an essay on a topic and hand it off to somebody who knows what admissions is looking for. They might sugest changes to the essay. Once that is done, everything is sent in to admissions through the athletic department. The fact that it comes from them lets admissions know that the student in question is wanted by one of the schools teams. The student is then sent a "Likely Letter". This is what many people have been asking about in other threads. Likely letters mainly come through the athletic recruiting process. This letter means that if the student applies to the school, they will likely be accepted by the school.....in other words, you will get in unless some unknown factor comes into play. You can get a "Likely Will" or a "Likely Wont" letter. This way you know your real chances before you go through the application process. If you know this is the school you want, move quickly because you are competing against other Recruitables. A team can only push so many through.
Screamin'</p>
<p>fd36
the following link explains AI and how to calculate it.
IVies use AI to look at student athletes.
<a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeconfidential.com/academic_index.htm</a></p>
<p>Understand that the AI is only applied to football in terms of banding. For the remainder of sports (men's and women's) it is only a general guide and, for example, a women's squash player can help "balance" a men's basketball or hockey player. </p>
<p>Screamindv is correct in that you want to commit early to Cornell or wherever your choice is in order to secure a designated slot. Very few opportunities remain beyond ED period. The non-ED Ivies will provide you with a "likely" letter, but will want your oral commitment by early fall as well.</p>
<p>As to "why" there is a minimum SAT for athletes, it is to prevent (as was the case in the past) the admission of athletes who are well below the average for the school's student body. Still, a 1600 (on the 2400 scale) can get you into Harvard or Yale if you are an exceptional athlete, but that would be at the bottom and unusual, rather than the frequent situation it was through the 1970's when, for example, Harvard hockey had many student-athletes in the 1000-1100 SAT range. A current Harvard basketball player has an 1190 on the old scale (and, yes, he is white), but that is uncommon in today's Ivy League.</p>