<p>Dont believe what coaches tell you here, no matter what they say and no matter how good your grades are. I was told i was one of the football teams big guys they wanted to bring in, and there should be no trouble. However, i just got denied. I personally dont care because im playing at MIT but i was really counting on Amherst and didnt apply to as many schools as i should. I really wish someone had told me this beforehand, so i am attempting to warn anyone planning on going through the recruiting process. be wary of the jeffs.</p>
<p>It is my understanding that Amherst accepts most of its recruited athletes ED. Usually, the admissions committee has done a pre-read and the ED student-athletes know they meet both the admission hurdles and have athletic support. If you forgo ED for RD, then you have placed yourself with the general admission population and the athletic support dwindles (both because you haven’t committed and because the coach may have found an ED student-athlete to support). It is much harder to gain admittance as an RD student-athlete and until the acceptance letter is in hand, nothing is a sure thing.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your acceptance to MIT. </p>
<p>Go Jeffs!</p>
<p>i was RD, ED may be very different, but they defininetly mispresented themselves to me, if i didnt get into MIT id be in trouble right now, they never communicated the uncertainty until it was too late. I had no reason to question them, just dont want neone else in my position, not applying to enough schools</p>
<p>Your warning sounds like sour grapes which is understandable given your interpretation of your status with Amherst.</p>
<p>Having been involved in CC (as I know you have), you should have known a number of things:
1- don’t count on acceptance until the letter is in hand
2- have viable, acceptable safety colleges in your arsenal (love your safety)
3- RD student-athletes are generally considered right along with RD non-student-athletes
4- MIT does not consider recruited athletes any differently than non-athletes</p>
<p>It is interesting to me that you counted on MIT to consider you differently because of your recruited status. It probably didn’t have much influence on your acceptance as you think it did. You got into MIT on your own - congratulations that is quite an accomplishment.</p>
<p>Yes, I agree with you that others should apply to more schools and not count on reach schools as definite acceptances regardless of what you think they said. I’m sure no one at Amherst told you it was a sure thing.</p>
<p>Revel in your MIT acceptance. It is where you belong…You want them and they want you. Congratulations again.</p>
<p>ShesOnHerWay, you are correct about ED and RD with regard to athletes, but I think Abstract17 makes an important point for other students to hear. Not just for Amherst, but for any college. Students need to be very, very savvy about the athletic recruiting process from D1 all the way down to NAIA. It’s a complicated dance of students trying to keep their own options open and coaches trying to pull in a strong class of freshman players. The coaches are competing with other coaches from other colleges, the admissions office has final say anyway, and the students (outside of ED) are trying to hedge their bets. No one is at fault, but it’s an unstable process for all of that.</p>
<p>I believe Abstract was misled, from what I’ve read of his story over the last few months, although probably not in a way that is atypical for students athletes. It comes with the territory, but it’s so important for student athletes to know the nature of the process. So, I think it’s good for them to hear stories like his that don’t have a happy outcome, because stories like that happen all the time.</p>
<p>this was the first year that MIT admissions met with the football coach to discuss recruits, they just brought in a new coach and are rebuilding the seating on the field, so they are throwing a little more support to the team. having been shown much interest by several ivies, then amherst, and having none of them work out, im just trying to get to any athletes in general. i had a lot of regrets before my acceptance to MIT because i was way too confident in some coaches, and made some poor decisions.
Also thanks everyone, im so relieved now haha</p>
<p>Congratulations on MIT, Abstract! I’m sure you’ll have a great experience there.</p>