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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op says this like it’s a wide open side door into an elite college.  Something like 3% of high school football players make a D1 roster.  If that’s your strategy to get in, you’re probably better off just sticking to the classroom stuff to go in the front door.   [/quote]

This. So stupid people are saying I know someone who did this! Of course this happens: on occasion and for amazing athletes.NO ONE is getting in like this without being a stellar athlete AND OP is saying she knows several like this. She does not. [/quote]

I'm the OP and yes, I do.  I never said the kids were not stellar athletes.  I thought my point was clear:  they are big, tall, athletic kids. What they are not is long-term football players or all-state type players.  They're a lot like the Jackson Reed kid.  Played a season or two of football (at a middle-of-the-road or even crummy team at a high academic prep school), started going to summer recruitment camps, got a lot of interest from Ivy programs, received an offer from at least one.  
These are kids I know very well so I know their full story.  And I'm not making this up--I have no reason to.  [/quote]

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