<p>Does anybody feel like their recruitment picked up a lot once the coaches got a set of standardized scores from you? This would be in junior year.</p>
<p>Absolutely. That 31 ACT sealed the deal for my s, and our friend recruited for H became golden with the 700+ SATs</p>
<p>Most definitely! October SAT scores from Junior fall made everything much more solid and “real” - made coaches take my student seriously.</p>
<p>Once I replaced my only score of 1820 in the SAT with a 32 ACT, BOOM, my house phone was ringing by several different ivies.</p>
<p>Oh ok, cause there area a few coaches I really want to hear from, hopefully once I send in the scores I’ll get some interest from them.</p>
<p>Is there any chance that someone’s scores could be so good that they “overshoot the target”, if you know what I mean? I just found out that I scored a 2390, which I’m still thrilled about, but I’m afraid that the coaches I’ve been talking to will want to give their limited slots to recruits who would normally have very slim chances of getting in.</p>
<p>lowstandards, it does depend on the school, I’m sure. Certainly not an ivy, and an NLI school will give you the NLI if they want you. However, I did hear a story about a NESCAC coach not supporting a couple of athletes because their stats were so strong that he didn’t think they’d need it, and they didn’t get in. So make sure that you talk to the coach about support if you’re really interested. Remember, they want to have a high team GPA too. And congrats on the score, very nice!</p>
<p>Thanks wilberry, that’s really reassuring. I’m definitely looking more at Ivies and NLI schools than NESCACs.</p>
<p>@lowstandards
Wilberry is right; ivy/NSLI coaches will be drooling. Even with perfect GPA and test scores, they will offer LL if they want you.</p>
<p>I’ve heard the same Ivy horror stories that coaches indicated they were supporting an athlete who had outstanding grades/scores, but then the athletes were shockingly rejected. I assume the coaches were taking the risk that these super scholars could get in on their non-athletic merit and instead threw their support behind a more borderline recruit.</p>
<p>any other info about this?</p>
<p>I think I’m far from “over-shooting” the target lol, but if the coach wants you enough I think they’ll give you a LL. I can see a situation in which they take a risk and don’t give you the LL hoping you get in anyway in order to bring in another person. I just can’t see this happening frequently though. But I don’t know much, just my opinion lol.</p>
<p>There is no way an Ivy coach is going to risk not supporting a high stat athletic recruit. Assume a kid is a top academic applicant: val, 2300+ SAT, excellent non-athletic ECs, etc. That kid might be rejected. That’s the reality and the coaches know it. If they want that kid on their team they have to support them or they stand a good chance of losing him/her. I can’t imagine an applicant so strong that their admission is assured, other than a supported athlete.</p>
<p>^^^completely agree with Sherpa</p>
<p>Ivy coaches only have so many LL’s they can give out, though. They may offer a “push” to a high stat recruit who is not a top-choice athlete (but they still need him to replace graduating seniors). This is far from guaranteed. My son’s teammate had a “push” and not a LL from two Ivies…3.9GPA and 2300 SAT’s, national level in his sport but the coaches had already used up their LL’s…he did not get in to either school.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t have intended my original post (ivies and NLI schools will support you even more if you have higher stats) to include those who aren’t offered likely letters. </p>
<p>I would hope that anyone in that position knows they riskiness of going through ivy admissions without a guarantee!</p>
<p>My daughter had one friend who really wanted one ivy over another, but the first choice didn’t offer her a LL, so she went with the other school, and she’s now accepted there and the deal is happily done.</p>
<p>op: yes!</p>
<p>once they see junior year SAT’s then they know if they should really pursue you. A coach at a top academic school is not going to put energy out for an athlete that has low scores/low possibility of being admitted.</p>
<p>What is too low of a score for a coach at a top academic school to lose interest?
Is 1800 too low?</p>
<p>In most situations yes, for football if your decent you still need at least an 1820 to be decently safe, preferably 1850-1900 to fall in the 3rd band. If you have a 4.0 GPA i guess it is a little different. But either way, I would try and raise it, or see what the coaches say about it, anything other than football and basketball, and probably hockey…1800 is too low for Ivy</p>
<p>About how many points off the desired score can you be when you send the coach your information during your junior year (around winter time…like now) and still get good interest.</p>
<p>As in they feel they can still recruit you in hopes that you will get the score needed. Sort of like, we’re risking wasting our time, but they’re close enough score wise to recruit. </p>
<p>So yea, how many points under desired score…SAT wise and ACT wise.</p>
<p>Also when did the coach request the official scores for the admissions office? Not the unofficial ones you send them early.</p>
<p>Sorry for all the questions lol, just making sure I understand how everythings going to work out.</p>