Wesleyan--not a good player

[Anonymous]

My guess is OP just does not understand the process.

[Anonymous]

Are these athletes on full scholarships or are they full pay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are these athletes on full scholarships or are they full pay?

D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these athletes on full scholarships or are they full pay?

D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships

Thanks for this info. I have no experience with athletic recruiting, somehow I was under the impression that parents want kids playing sports for college so as to get scholarships. This makes no sense. Wes is 80k. So your kid plays there if recruited but gets no money?

[Anonymous]

The d3 game is use athletic ability to help make differentiate an applicant that wants to attend these very competitive academic schools.

[Anonymous]

That's the point of those who are ok with the kids not getting in. The idea for the athlete is that he or she may be able to get in to a school with somewhat lower stats because of the status as an athlete. So maybe your sport lets you get in to a better school irrespective of whether that means you get aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's the point of those who are ok with the kids not getting in. The idea for the athlete is that he or she may be able to get in to a school with somewhat lower stats because of the status as an athlete. So maybe your sport lets you get in to a better school irrespective of whether that means you get aid.

The stats can not be low. The athletes have to be competitive on the field and academically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

That has likely ended the athletic careers of those kids.

If your athletic career hinges on getting preferred admission to a D3 college, that doesn't offer athletic scholarships, you're doing it wrong.

Walk on at some other school, a tier below, and kick butt.

For most sports, the "career" ends with college. If a recruited athlete cuts off their recruitment at other schools to focus on one school (even if D3, so no scholarship), there should be at least some moral responsibility for the school to follow through on its end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This year is very different for admissions. Many more applications, and many more students with inflated grades on transcripts.My guess is that these two factors played a role here.

I don't think so unless you are referring to athletes who applied WITHOUT coaches support. The ones applying with coaches support are not competing with the non-athlete applicant pool.

[Anonymous]

If you apply ED 1 and don't get accepted, why apply ED 2 to the SAME school? Makes no sense to me. I think the OP has the story wrong. Finally, a D3 athlete does not have an athletic career. Anyone a member on college confidential who can verify the Op's story?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And if coaches lose their recruiting reputation they won't be able to recruit in any future years do why would they lie to players? Makes zero sense.

Bingo! Word will spread fast among the affected sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That has likely ended the athletic careers of those kids.

If your athletic career hinges on getting preferred admission to a D3 college, that doesn't offer athletic scholarships, you're doing it wrong.

Walk on at some other school, a tier below, and kick butt.

For most sports, the "career" ends with college. If a recruited athlete cuts off their recruitment at other schools to focus on one school (even if D3, so no scholarship), there should be at least some moral responsibility for the school to follow through on its end.

This story seems really off. 25 recruits would mean the same thing happened across multiple sports.

[Anonymous]

This has been discussed at length in CC forums over the past couple months. It sounds like the 25 athlete number is legit and came from the admissions office in discussions with surprised families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's the point of those who are ok with the kids not getting in. The idea for the athlete is that he or she may be able to get in to a school with somewhat lower stats because of the status as an athlete. So maybe your sport lets you get in to a better school irrespective of whether that means you get aid.

The stats can not be low. The athletes have to be competitive on the field and academically.

Maybe not "low" but can be lower than the average of the school.

[Anonymous]

Wes is bottom tier for athletics, so not surprising they don't use recruiting the way the upper tier NESCAC schools do. At a Midd, Williams, or Bowdoin they will tout their 99% recruit admit rate as a sign their system works.