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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My personal experience with a female athlete and scholar.

It would be extremely rare for a coach to claim kid is a top recruit if there is no chance of getting in. 
The coaches/teams only need a average across all players - for both GPA and test scores. If there is a 4.0/1600 recruit or player already on the team - this kid helps the other kids get in.
Ivy coaches have a lot of pull with admissions.  There are many examples of athletes with less than top stats being accepted.  They aren't the bottom of the rung but they can be more in the middle. 
Ivy coaches will be very specific with your kid if they want them.  A quote from a top Ivy to my daughter "All you need is a 30 on the ACT and we can manager the rest".
Coaches will not waste time with kids that can not get into the school.  There are too many other athletes out there. 
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Went through this last year with female athlete. She was on the bubble with more academic schools, grade and test-score wise. She was told by multiple NESCAC schools that she was the #1 recruit. She had an offer from a D1 that is very academic but not highly ranked in her sport and was very much on the fence about whether it was what she wanted. Her very favorite school, coach, team, was a high academic NESCAC. Coach recruited her hard and it was a big lovefest. Coach acknowledged that her GPA wasn't stellar for the school, but since she was coming from a rigorous private, which with the school was very familiar, it would be fine. College counselors at her private were also confident it would be fine. THe coach called her two days before July 1 telling her how excited she was and couldn't wait to call her on July 1. July 1 came and went with no contact. Coach finally called her on July 5 and said she had spent the last four days trying to work with admissions, but that my DD didn't pass the pre-read and couldn't come. She had become good friends with another athlete during the process who was honestly a very weak player but who had a great academic record, and she announced her commitment that day. DD was devasted. Waited about a month, then took the D1 offer, where she attends now. Long story short. NESCAC will not stray very far at all from its academic index. Ivies and other top academic D1s have more flexibility with that. [/quote]

YIKES. This is my DC's situation, almost to a T. Except we are a public (a decent enough but far from top) and none of the schools are D3 NESCAC schools. Mostly the higher academic Centennial Conf. schools (as well as some other non-high academic ones, as they offer some different things). Also a couple higher academic D1s (has an overnight at one this month). [/quote]

As others have pointed out, D1 (even high academic) is way different than a D3.  If an Ivy coach has invited you for an overnight and says that you should expect a call on July 1 (I am making up that date...as a D1 school an Ivy can commit to you as early as August before your junior year of HS in certain sports)...then you should feel pretty darn good especially for a revenue sport.[/quote]

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