<p>“Not for MIT. You will largely need to be admitted on your other merits (EC’s etc).”</p>
<p>We’ve been through this before. Coaches clearly have some pull at MIT. What exactly does it take to get in with the coach’s support? Only the coach himself really knows. So unless he’s not telling the truth, you should believe him. But you need to listen VERY closely to EXACTLY what he’s saying to you.</p>
<p>On CalTech Recruiting:</p>
<p>I have been recruited by a coach at Caltech and he seemed pretty upfront with me.</p>
<p>First, his role is pretty minimal but with his support he guarantees that the applications he supports will be read by the head of admissions and get a few looks. He also says that the vast majority of his potential recruits do not have the science and math ECs to get in and in those cases he cannot do anything. </p>
<p>Basically, a coach at Caltech can make you stand out a bit and I imagine it is desirable for admissions to have some athletic (relatively) students on campus.</p>
<p>anybody have input about NYU (UAA)? I’m scheduled to phone coach of a non-helmet sport on Friday and so far he has been honest about his pull (“you get one foot over the fence, we get the other foot over”) but I would like insider info…</p>
<p>NESCAC coaches all have some pull and can reserve a limited number of slots for athletes in any given year. Athletes are banded into A, B, and C bands depending on test scores and GPA’s. A-band students do not get the slots as they have the highest academic standards, albeit these can be somewhat lower than the general student body. Slotted kids have a very high chance of admission (coach told us admissions told him 85-90%). A=band candidates’ files are marked as recruited athletes, so admissions is aware and one particular coach told us the weight this carries depends on the particular NESCAC school and the sport.</p>
<p>The amount of pull a NESCAC coach is willing to use for his or her mid and low band slots also depends on the athletic prowess of each recruit, in relation to the needs of the team/recruiting class. You can’t underestimate individual ability/talent in this formula.</p>
<p>If a coach has a potential D1 softball catcher who happens to be in a C band academically, and the coach has an immediate need for a new player to hit the ground running as a freshman starter (impact player)… that coach may put more eggs in the proverbial basket with admissions…and possibly back off from other mid to low banded recruits, as a concession. </p>
<p>It’s a game; a balancing act based on a specific range of academic qualifications, tempered with a coach’s need and desire to arrive at a recruiting class which fills his or her team needs AND is acceptable to AdCom on the whole.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input about NESCAC schools as I am looking at a few… but what about UAA schools (in particular, NYU?)</p>
<p>^Some do, some don’t.</p>
<p>I don’t know about NYU, but I know for a fact that WashU (UAA) has close to no pull in admissions. Emory (UAA) does, however. Ask the coach, they will generally be honest with you.</p>
<p>My D had a teammate who applied to MIT and was told by the coach that last year 6 out of the 10 on the list he sent to admissions got in. 60% is pretty good odds considering what’s available to everyone else. Happy ending she got in ED. Having the grades and test scores to qualify academically and playing on a HS team nationally recognized for it’s excellence in this sport were her ticket to the school of her dreams.</p>