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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both of my DD's sports (softball, gymnastics) have a few kids every year who get preferential admissions at ivies and full FA because they're under the parent income threshold. I think that parents misunderstand the process if they've spent a lot of time around kids who are getting actual full ride athletic scholarships and truly believe their kids are getting a "full athletic scholarship." And then they broadcast it on instagram.

I don't argue because people who don't understand the difference between athletic scholarships and financial aid are probably not going to be receptive to whatever corrections I'd  like to suggest.[/quote]

Gymnastics at an Ivy? 
What makes you believe that they got preferential sports admission? [/quote]

Gymnastics is only at Cornell, Brown, Yale and Penn, but yes, gymnastics at an ivy.

I know because my friend coaches an ivy program (not gymnastics). You know because they post on instagram in the spring of junior year or summer/fall of senior year with very specific language which is similar to a verbal commit but says something similar to "I'm so excited to start the year by announcing my verbal commitment to the University of Pennsylvania and their admission process."

Each admissions office works with the school's Athletic Department to determine how many preferential admissions slots each coach gets each year. It is not set in stone. And to be clear, many female athletes (especially in sports like gymnastics) have the stats and accomplishments that would allow them to get in via the normal admissions process. Plenty of athletes on the teams are not preferred admits because roster size exceeds preferred admit #s by a large amount. The rest of the team applies through the regular early decision process with a coach's guidance, and some are essentially walk-ons who have had limited contact with a coach until after they're accepted. I don't have the same connections to men's ivy sports and can't comment on that side of things. I do know that the slots are not fungible and so if an athlete with preferred admission chooses another school in November or something, the coach loses that preferred admit slot for the year and sometimes has one or more slots taken away the next year.[/quote]

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