<p>Just wondering how much does athletic recruiting help in ED, im being recruited for Crew.
Also how much does being born in another country help?</p>
<p>Are you already in touch with the coaches? They have a great deal to do with athlete acceptances. They are the ones that determine whether the athlete needs "support" for their application. Typically only a small number of athletes will receive admissions support in each sport. You are also expected to perform within the range of accepted students at the university. The recruiting class must be within one standard deviation of the previous admitted class as a whole and due to requirements imposed by the academic index, an individual athlete who is low must essentially be countered with a student who is high to make that happen. There can only be a small number of athletes who are "low" and typically these will be STAR performers. The typically athlete in a non revenue sport like crew or my daughter's sport will be about a the mid point of admission statistics with a few a little higher and a few a little lower. They are still expected to be hard working students with demanding couseloads and other ECs besides their sport, in high school before they are admitted and afterward as a part of the Cornell student body. They should be high level performers in their sport with no expectation of financial support other than "needs based". They should want to be at Cornell and want to do their sport "for the love of it, and with a desire to excel to enhance the University". Overall their presence should improve the student body even if they are no longer able to participate in your sport due to injury. This is a typical profile of an Ivy league athlete in a non revenue sport. Some of the programs actually have a threshold scores for non revenue sports that are higher than for football, for instance. WHen talking with Yale we were told that the threshold is a 30 ACT or SAT equivalent. Lower than that and they cannot consider you. The relationship with the coaches cannot be overemphasized. This is what made my daughter choose COrnell over several other schools and move them farther up her list. Her enthusiasm for the school is what led to their support of her. It did not hurt that she demonstrated interest from sophomore year on.</p>
<p>being recruited CAN help a lot. what are they doing to you to recruit you?</p>
<p>My daughter has received support from the coaches and has been told she's in barring something unforeseen. I guarantee you that she is sitting on pins and needles just like you guys without an athletic hook. Although her grades are top notch and her ECs are really great, her scores are not as stellar as some of you, she's only a 97%er, not a 99%er like most of you. We have heard too many bad recruiting stories not to be nervous about the decision. This is scary and tough because she has focused so much on Cornell that in all likelihood she will not be able to do her sport in any of her other possible choices due to focusing so much here and committing so early, to the detriment of recruiting elsewhere, but THIS is the school she wants to attend. She has done no other apps because she totally believes the coaches and the admissions people who pre read her during the recruiting process. If the outcome is bad it is going to be a long, depressing but busy winter break-- working on applications to the deadline. She has already tried to create a backup plan for transfer in case. She knows in the Ivy's there are no guarantees and even the best can be deferred or rejected. She is just praying that she won't be.</p>
<p>I'm curious... are there any sort of recruits for the marching band/wind ensemble/other band-related activities, or is that merely once you're in, you join? I've never heard of anything like this, and I marked down on my application that I intend to continue in college, however...?</p>
<p>Yes i have been in touch with the coach, and i seem to be getting "support", but as was stated i still do not have a guranteed shot in, and with so many crew recruits coming out with good scores and what not makes it extra hard.</p>