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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to this, 30% of Williams students were recruited athletes in 2019: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/opinion/college-sports-bribery-admissions.html

So 2,000 students x .30 = 600 over 4 years, 150/year. Which would leave 99 spots for those 634 ED applicants, so 15%, same as the overall admit rate. [/quote]
Except more athletes than that freshman class due to attrition, and more than 30% athletes at Williams overall (if that 30% number is correct, it discounts the 5-10% who were not “recruited” formally but had some interaction with coaches and the thought was could get in “on their own,” which still means an admissions bump).

Regardless, there’s two other substantial ED groups you are not thinking of: Questbridge and Legacy.

Makes the overall admit rate for unhooked kids significantly higher in RD. Not even close.

This creates the absurd scenario that talented unhooked kids should not apply to Williams ED, even if it is their clear first choice. Because these kids are smart, they apply to ED1 or ED2 schools where they actually have an advantage — and they get in. Williams never sees them. Any applicants Williams actually sees in the RD round are the lesser quality kids who didn’t get into their ED1 and ED2 schools.

That’s what you get for being an athlete school these days. It dilutes your product. This was less true 10 years ago. But now that ED rates have gotten that much lower, a threshold has been crossed and the decline in quality of admitted unhooked students will accelerate.

They will still be smart, sure. But Colby quality, then Bates, then…

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