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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. To clarify, they were referring to D3 athletes at competitive schools. [/quote]

My understanding is that the top D3 schools' prereads are hard to get through.  The amount of help an athlete gets varies.  For NESCAC's, a coach submits paperwork and is told "if you support this kid we will accept them", and then the coach makes an offer.  But to get that nod from admissions that student needs to have stats that are similar to other students that are accepted.  So, basically, the coach can move the kids from "would have a chance" to "yes", but not from "no" to "yes".

At other schools like MIT or JHU, the coach can help but not quite as much, so they can tell admissions, "I'd like you took carefully at this kid", but it's not a sure thing.

And then there are schools like Caltech where athletics aren't weighed into the admissions decision at all.

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For NESCACs, this translates to:  We have 130 kids with roughly the same stats and 30 of them will get admitted.  If there are 22 athletes in that pool with coach support, 100% of the athletes will be admitted and 92% of the other kids in that pool will be rejected.   [/quote]

You're making up the numbers.  However, you are correct that NESCAC schools let athletes know whether they should apply, so the athletes who are turned away aren't part of their admissions percentages, and close to 100% of recruited athletes who apply with coach support get in.  However, I'd guess that more than 92% of athletes who would like to play at a NESCAC don't get coach support, either because they aren't good enough athletes, or they don't fill a need (e.g. they might be a goalie and the team has two) or they can't pass the pre-read.

But also, no one is arguing that being recruited doesn't help kids with strong stats get accepted over other kids with similar stats, unless you're applying to Caltech.  [/quote]

Guilty (and, I thought obviously so). Numbers pulled completely out of my a§§ for illustrative purposes. At bOttoman, we are in vigorous agreement. [/quote]

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