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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Getting recruited to a top 30 D1 academic school is a lot harder than getting straight As and maxing out standardized test.  The competition to get recruited for these schools is insane.  If you were to take all of the athletes interested and qualified for the slot it would be less than a 1% acceptance rate.  The kids that get recruited are vetted for more rigorously than any regular student.  Coaches watch them compete for over a year, have multiple calls with hs coaches, club coaches and teachers, do interviews with the athlete, and pre-reads with admissions before making their selection.  Once the coach selects the athlete it’s pretty much guaranteed admissions, but that is because the kid has already been fully vetted by the time actual admissions happens.[/quote]

Change D1 to D3 and you are spot on. There is much greater flexibility at Most D1 programs outside of the Ivy League. People are a bit delusional about how hard it is to pass through the recruiting process for most NESCAC and UAA schools.[/quote]

For top 30 D1 programs, getting recruited for football is achievable if you have exceptional talent. For some athletes, combining innate physical gifts like size, speed, and strength with mastery of high-level football skills comes more naturally than achieving a 4.0 GPA or scoring at the top of standardized tests. As for NESCAC schools, their recruited football players typically aren't at the same level as top D1 players, or they would likely be competing at D1 programs, including the Ivies.[/quote]

Agree that most D3 football players are typically too small for D1 no matter their skill level. Not so cut and dried for many sports though where kids who don’t make an Ivy drop into High Academic D3 rather than lower the academic bar. Most aren’t at that level but you find a few on many teams and many in sports like lacrosse particularly on the women’s side. I know a NESCAC volleyball player who turned down multiple mid-majors after she didn’t quite make the Final Cut at Yale.[/quote]

Same with UAA for Women's Soccer.  Many of those recruits had mid major interest or offer.  Many were in the running for top D1 programs including Ivys but just missed.  [/quote]

Maybe it's different for women's sports...but my baseball player kid was a top 3 recruit at the UAA school where they are now playing and could barely get any interest from an Ivy.  Friend's son recruited for MIT and Chicago basketball couldn't get any interest from any Ivy.[/quote]

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