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[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, "strong extra-curriculars" 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]

Not only do they not care about other extra-curriculars, they actively discourage it.
So many ivy league athletes use sports to get into the school, and then drop-out, that the schools want to know that the sport is really all you're interested in. [/quote]

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