Reply to Admission for athletic recruits

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Admission for athletic recruits"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is being recruited by JHU.  Was told by the coach that they want to see 1500/34 and top 10% of HS class.[/quote]

JHU = D3
Not the same answer for D1 schools. [/quote]

We were told the same for the Ivies (D1 schools).[/quote]

So if I am understanding correctly, despite the test-optional policy, we should expect that the Ivy League schools reaching out to our student-athlete ("top" sport like football/basketball/lacrosse) will request ACT/SAT scores?  Also, when should we expect Ivy League recruiting to end practically speaking?  End of junior year?  End of first semester senior year?

Thank you![/quote]

I love how uiy lumped lacrosse as a top sport  :lol: [/quote]

At many schools it is a top sport but (other than at JHU) not to the extent of football or hoops.[/quote]
"Top sport" in what way? Maybe there would be a lot of interest in playing it at certain schools, but I don't see it as a top revenue generator.

Do a lot of these athletes continue to play their sport year after year once admitted? They're not getting a scholarship for it, and I'm assuming they can't be dismissed for choosing to quit. I wonder if some use it for a bump in admissions and then quit.

[/quote]

Lacrosse is a clown sport. Imagine if real athletes decided to play this lame game against  these preppy white boys. They would thrash them [/quote]

It is true that very few top American athletes play lacrosse at all let alone specialize in it. Basketball and football dominate the top athlete groups beyond the early youth levels where soccer is big. If you are fairly athletic and are looking for entry into good schools, lax isn't a terrible option to start your kids on (squash is even better with the lower numbers and level of athlete participating). Lax does have a few areas where the best athletes want to be in lax (Long Island being the most prominent one and part of MD too) but it is even less popular with top athletes outside the US.

I remember the basketball team mercy ruling the lax guys multiple times in IM softball. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics