<p>Agree with Annasdad that Stanford’s own CDS data don’t support your assertion that you need a 2300 SAT (as an unhooked applicant) to be considered. Surely you’re not suggesting that there are that many freshman with wildly unbalanced SAT scores or national athletes with low SAT scores to fill the entire bottom quarter?</p>
<p>Hmmm well thanks everyone for your replies. To answer scscience (which i totally agree with what you said) the research i did over summer was through a job program that is highly selective and was a structured thing. But then (i may not have stressed/written this in my OP) that i have done individual science fair/research projects every year since 4th grade (lol) and made it to the state exposition since 7th grade. Ive received perfect scores multiple times at the state science exposition and have won multiple awards such as governer’s award in microbiology and biomedicine along with placing 2nd for two years in microbio category and biology category. </p>
<p>Is that something worth stressing? and does that set me apart? Because I mean the fact that I have done this science research thing since ive been a wee 4th grader shows some initiative and shows my commitment to getting a grasp on real, practical research that was always above my grade levels (which will be great when I can do research as my job!)</p>
<p>I realize most of these schools are pretty lofty goals but dang! what else does a college want lol</p>
<p>If you are a top runner in a large state, like OH, I would think you have an excellent shot at some of your dream schools as a recruited athlete. </p>
<p>You have to email the coaches at these schools and get them interested. </p>
<p>I know an athlete who got recruited to MIT for this year. She was a starter at a school
that was ranked number one in their state for her sport. </p>
<p>The coach submitted a list of ten recruits to the admissions office and four got admitted.
Damn better odds than the typical applicant.</p>
<p>Your grades are obviously fine, not sure if you should bother trying for the extra point or so on the ACT.</p>
<p>D3 seems to be the best fit based on what you’ve shared about your running times. DI IVY recruits are more typically nationally ranked in some way, though don’t let that stop you from emailing those coaches too.</p>
<p>Well from a times stand point (currently my times are good but not the greatest they could be just because of a few injuries i have had along the way) I believe I am fast enough to run for Vanderbilt and Duke. Princeton is a top ranked school so that might be a bit far fetched. And I havent yet looked at Harvard and Yales times but from what my coaches have told me I should be able to run for them as well. Whether the college coaches think this way or not is still undecided. </p>
<p>I do still have another cross country season to win them over though!</p>
<p>If you’re a senior this year, you better start sending out those emails to college coaches right away. For D1 athletic recruitment you are late, you’d be OK for D3 if you start now. Even if you think better running times will come out of this cross country season you need several months of relationship building with these coaches to be considered.</p>
<p>I am already in that process. I have filled out recruitment questionnaires for all of them. And i have sent supplement emails to all of the schools. MIT Uchicago and Harvard have all responded but the others have not yet so i was planning on giving the coaches a call. Good idea?</p>
<p>I think you have an excellent chance and you’re well balanced. I agree that it’s not worth retaking those tests for a minor boost (it won’t make or break you). Good luck!</p>
<p>Grades – You’re valedictorian or close – impossible for you to do better.
ACT – 34 is good enough for any school in the US. No real point in retaking it. (Read the MIT thread that someone else linked earlier).
ECs – Look excellent.</p>
<p>Assuming your recommendations are strong, you will be a strong candidate at any of these schools. However, as is pointed out, it’s a numbers game, and no one is assured admissions in any of them.</p>
<p>I’m going to go out on a limb here (because I rarely make predictions for schools in this category). I think you will be admitted to any school that recruits you, and will probably get into more than one school on your list even without being recruited.</p>
<p>Yes, give a call to the coaches tomorrow and push the coaches hard at Harvard, MIT and Chicago to give you an Official Visit.</p>
<p>If your 3200 is under 9:30 the Ivies will all be very, very interested in talking with you. On the list below, Ivies tend to get excited about runners who can best the Tier 1 Walk On standard. U Chicago and MIT are DIII so a 9:45 might be enough. They will all love your academic stats. But as you prolly know, distance runners are mostly purty smart.</p>
<p>[Men’s</a> Track Recruiting Guidelines](<a href=“http://www.ncsasports.org/recruiting-tools/College-Track-Recruiting/mens-track-recruiting-guidelines]Men’s”>http://www.ncsasports.org/recruiting-tools/College-Track-Recruiting/mens-track-recruiting-guidelines)</p>
<p>Also, come visit us over on the Athletic Recruits forum if you have more track-related/recruiting questions. Some of us rarely leave our little corner of the site…</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/</a></p>
<p>yalegrad: I’m not suggesting that, my recruited D was in the top SAT 90th percentile at Stanford and a national champion. But all 200 kids (the 25th is a small group) in the 25th percentile are “hooked” just not necessarily by athletics, but almost all have a remarkable and outstanding ability…just like Yale kids!</p>