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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, ignore the trollish/negative posts.   One bit of information that is particularly eye-opening for me with a DC looking to be recruited -- Athletes need at or near a 4.0 UNWEIGHTED to achieve "non-committee-reviewed" spots?   We are always telling our DC how important grades are, as well as how important it is to take a rigorous schedule of honors and AP classes, [b]but do all the recruited athletes at elite schools really have straight As in rigorous schedules[/b]?   Thanks for your time![/quote]

Not OP, but this is absolutely not true.  Elite colleges, even Ivies, will recruit athletes and give them a pass on grades or SATs (to a degree).  However, you have to be a very high level athlete - think Olympic level or you can lead your team to a national title.  [/quote]

false - there is no ivy league male soccer player that is remotely good enough to play in europe at an elite level or even carry a side to a ncaa national team title. But there are plenty of ivy league male players who skate in on the lower end of the Academic Index. [/quote]

You provided one example, and soccer is not the only sport colleges care about.

My husband played high level hockey, and he knew plenty of kids that shouldn't have gotten admitted to Ivies.

Harvard's team is number 2 right now.  Yale won a national title a few years back.  If you seriously think that those players were admitted using the same standards, then you are just a complete moron.  [/quote]

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