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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're in the thick of this with baseball recruiting for academic D3 and D1 schools. A few things I've learned:

There's a balancing act between athletic and academic abilities. If you are a superstar athlete, you'll get a little more leeway with grades and scores.

The coaches want test scores even at test optional schools. They do matter, even if recruited athletes may get away with slightly lower numbers.

At some schools, the coaches have a lot of pull with admissions, at others not so much.

For the Ivies, a team's academic index matters, so they need recruits with higher grades and tests scores to balance things out if they want to bring on a superstar athlete whose numbers pull down the average.

Anecdotally, MIT, JHU, and Swarthmore are particularly strict about recruits' academic credentials. Amherst, Williams, and some of the Ivies? Less strict than you might think.

Football is a whole other story. Those recruits get more leeway than do those for other sports.[/quote]

Thanks, this is great info! [/quote]

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