Was my coach exaggerating?

Applying to College
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<p>My coach said that his top runner in cross country was less than 14:45 for 3 miles and he got a bunch of letters from colleges including UCLA, Standford, etc. Was he exaggerating?</p>

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<p>I don’t see why he would be. That’s certainly a fast enough time to be recruited by top DI schools</p>

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<p>It’s quite likely he got letters from colleges because of his times…but that’s far different from actually getting in. IF the runner has grades and scores that are as superb as his grades, his times will certainly be helpful to getting him in to the college of his choice (but still no guarantee).</p>

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<p>A girl at my school who is good but not great at basketball has been recruited by top schools like Princeton, and I know a girl on her club crew team who has been recruited by MIT. It doesn’t surprise me that this runner is being recruited by top academic schools.</p>

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<p>what do you mean he got letters but it doesn’t mean he will be going there?</p>

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<p>I am guessing this from Mt. Sac races? (If not it’s a Big Cali invite, and you named 2 Cali schools). But OT 14:45 is a great time and if it was a challenging course, for a 3 mile not many Hs cross country runners do that per year.Assuming 14:45= 15:10, only 31 graduating highschool runners ran that last year and cross referencing that with the 3 mile lists say 50 graduating kids ran that. Add on the fact that he is probably in the backyard for recruiting at Stanford/UCLA (Assuming Cali runner), I actually would be kind of surprised if he didn’t have any contact with any schools. Also if he is a rising Senior then most definitely your coach isn’t exaggerating.</p>

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<p>And also I think he means, that the letters let the athlete know hes is being looked at etc, but since he isn’t top of the pack, Stanford with its insane cross country program might not want him in favor of say someone faster.</p>

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<p>The letters are just part of the recruiting process, not the end.
The runner was probably asked for additional stats and academic information.</p>