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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid was recruited to an Ivy -- technically for a sport but more for their academic record.  There is something called an academic index, that requires sports recruits -- by team -- to have stats reasonably close to the kids admitted under the regular proces. My kid, an able but not internationally ranked athlete with top grades and scores, helped bring up that index for the team.[/quote]
No one is recruited by an Ivy for their academic record. [/quote]

This is false.

Read about the Academic Index and how the team average is critical, so very high stat kids are valuable even if they are bench sitters. Not saying they have no skills, but coaches use lesser bands/tips etc on them knowing they are unlikely to play.

[i]3. Team AI
The Team AI in a particular sport (the average of every Individual AI of each admitted athlete) must, in general, be within one
standard deviation of the Campus AI. Every athlete admitted with a low Individual AI must be offset with another with a higher
Individual AI. Ivy admissions offices establish guidelines for coaches trying to build a team that meets their athletic needs, the
college’s academic profile, and the Ivy Group’s academic index. To accomplish this complex balance, every team has an annual
‘quota’ and every athlete within that group is assigned to one of four bands based on his or her Individual AI[/i][/quote]

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