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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wondering… do the hockey players at top schools (like Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Amherst) usually go to juniors first? Or do they tend to have an easier route because they have a 1500+ SAT or whatever and there aren’t as many of those?[/quote]

Almost all go to juniors first (or sometimes a PG year at a prep school).  I know two kids who are freshman at Amherst this year.  One did a year at an NCDC team, and another did a PG year at a NE prep school.  Neither is really playing much this season.  There isn't really an easier route.  I was at an event with the Dartmouth coach, and a parent asked "If my kid has really high grades and scores, does that mean he can be a little worse at hockey and play for you?" (I'm paraphrasing here).  The answer was:  "We want the best possible hockey players we can get in.  So if the choice is between a kid with a 1590 SAT and 4.0 unweighted GPA and a kid with a 1420 and 3.5 GPA and the second kid is better, we want that kid" (again, I'm paraphrasing).[/quote]

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