Scholar Athlete (baseball) Columbia

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<p>Im a Junior with a 4.2 GPA and 2100 SAT. Ive been communicating with the baseball coach for Columbia and they are interested in recruiting me. My ultimate goal is to be a "recruited walk on". I guess my question for you guys is if I hypothetically could make the team as a walk on, is my gpa and sat score even good enough for a scholar athlete to be accepted by the school. </p>

<p>Further info: AP tests taken- Spanish(5) US History(3) Literature(4) Biology(3)
•IB candidate (I am taking the hardest courseload offered by my school)</p>

<p>I also was wondering if I have a better chance of getting in by being able to pay full tuition. Does it help at all that I live in Southern California? Does it help that my two older brothers graduated from MIT? (probably not, just throwing it out there) </p>

<p>So pretty much the point of this thread is to get some info on a typical gpa and sat score for an ivy league scholar athlete. Also, what is the process in early commitment to an ivy or do they even do that?</p>

<p>As you can probably sense, I'm nervous as hell about getting into a decent school and I really just want to know if my goal of playing baseball at Columbia is reachable.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I can answer a couple of your questions: first of all, I don’t think that the fact that your brothers graduated from MIT does anything for you at Columbia. Also, you have a pretty good GPA, and your SAT is not bad, so if Columbia is looking to recruit you for sports, I think your academics are a plus for you… since you’re not trying to get in based solely on your academics. Finally, yes, Ivy League colleges definitely do have an early decision/action process. I believe that Columbia has an Early Decision system, which means that if you apply early, and get in, you are basically contract-bound to attend there. If you apply to an Early Action school, you could still go somewhere else even if you have been accepted early. However, if you are looking at Columbia only, then Columbia is Early Decision. Also, colleges make decisions on a need-blind basis (at least, so they claim), so I don’t think that the fact that you can pay full tuition has any effect.</p>