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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have no previous experience with college recruiting and are researching options for our ninth-grade son.   Recruiting at Ivy League and other extremely selective schools appears to be a balance of just three factors -- GPA, ACT/SAT scores and sports ability.  Is the recruiting process really limited to those three?  For example, &quot;strong extra-curriculars&quot; are a much-discussed part of a strong application for elite schools, but between playing his sport and keeping up his grades in challenging classes, our DS is not finding much time for other pursuits.  If our DS has high enough GPA and test scores (academic index) and the requisite ability on the field/court, how important are other parts of his application? [/quote]

Suggest you go to College Confidential where there are detailed discussions of the Academic Index and Ivy League recruiting generally.

You are correct that for recruited athletes any other EC's are not important at all.

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Thanks, PP.  Previously looked around on College Confidential and it seemed that extracurriculars, etc. are a non-issue because they aren't really discussed, but wasn't sure -- thanks for the confirmation.  [/quote]

I'll second the PP's post.  We have 3 recruited athletes.  And before someone jumps in with a nasty comment about athletes not being up to snuff I want to point out that none of our kids caught a break on the SATs; they all all made bench ([u]&gt;[/u] 2100) plus [u]&gt;[/u]700 on 2 subject matter tests.[/quote]

I do think people often are not aware how your stats have to be in order to be a recruited athlete in the Ivy League and at some other elite schools, especially in sports other than football and basketball.  PP, what has been the experience for your athletes?  You hear sometimes that athletes in the Ivy League are a completely separate community and feel as though they are looked down upon..... [/quote]

Not true IMO. I was very nerdy and married one and I agree with the PP. H's SAT was in the 1400s out of 1600 and he had very high GPA. [/quote]

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