Recruiting for student athletes
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Anonymous
| I was reading the job description for a coach at a local independent school and the following was listed: "Responsibilities include but are not limited to building a unified and competitive team, organizing and running practices, developing and implementing effective game strategies, supervising and utilizing assistant coaches, and recruiting highly successful student athletes." The recruiting responsibility stood out. I was understood that these schools, in particular the Big 3, did not recruit but the above job description was for from a the site of a Big 3 school. Does recruiting mean that these schools offer financial aid? |
Anonymous
| They do and they give a lot of money to the good athletes. |
Anonymous
| The indys have always recruited...this isn't exactly news. |
Anonymous
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I have read on this site that the Big 3 don't recruit.
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Anonymous
you probably heard that from people who thoughth their kid was good enough to get $$$ but in the end they didn't so they thought nobody did. |
Anonymous
| They definitely recruit. Some pretty marginal students who are amazing athletes from my DDs 8th grade class got accepted to Big 3 schools this year. It definitely wasn't academic prowess that got them in. |
Anonymous
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I am a Sidwell parent and they definitely recruit. There are threads about it on this site as well as a Washpost article a year ago. Most of us aren't happy about it. Maybe things will change with the new head when s/he comes.
My friends report that a similar thing is happening at Maret although I can't confirm. |
Anonymous
| I think you're being misleading OP. That ad was not for a Big 3. |
Anonymous
| To answer OP's question: Recruiting means bringing in athletes to improve the quality of the sports program. If the kid doesn't need fin aid, s/he won't get it. But if the child has financial needs, which we see more often as schools reach out to a broader area to attract athletes, that kid will get it. The fin aid part is less bothersome than the whole notion of bringing in kids solely for their athletic skills. |
Anonymous
| They all do it...Sidwell, GDS, Maret. I'm surprised anyone would think otherwise. |
Anonymous
| GDS? in what sports? Are they compromising their academics like SFS? |
Anonymous
| Not STA |
Anonymous
| If by recruiting you mean coaches reach out to athletes via AAU, travel soccer leagues, word of mouth, and that if they are a highly desirable athlete that they have a much better chance of getting in, even if academically they otherwise would likely not have a chance, and if you mean that financial aid for new students in the US may be used very extensively for athletes, then yes, all these schools recruit to some degree, even GDS (for instance girls basketball). However, none give athletic "merit aid", ie if the family would not otherwise qualify for FA, they don't get it. This is in contrast to a place like St John's that seems to give explicit athletic scholarships that are not need based. Sidwell (having had kids there) did not seem to do this in nearly as extensive a way ten years ago, but there has been creep towards doing so a bit more in the recent past reportedly, but who knows if true. |
Anonymous
Ask Jonathan Ogdon |
Anonymous
I think the answer depends on what you mean by "recruiting" athletes. League rules specifically prohibit recruiting (see below). But I'm sure many schools are always on the lookout for applicants with athletic talent, and encourage student athletes to apply.
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