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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Multiple ivy athletes have gone from our private with 1180, 1200, 1260, 1410, and they submit scores. The coaches want the scores! They have always allowed lower scores for athletes: the academic index for the team and the school is what matters, not the individual. [/quote]

Wow, are they actually able to handle the work? What happens if they no longer want to play?  1180 is shockingly low for an ivy[/quote]
They push them into easy majors andin some cases make them take less courses per semester and catch up in summer! It happens all the time. None of these ended up bio/chem/engineering! One is urban studies, one is earth science, the others too new to have picked.

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Not to mention the spreadsheet of the easiest classes to take and a trove of old exams to look at.[/quote]

came here to say this. athletes at ivies are a different group. nephew is XC at one, has the stats (1500 and took a bunch of APs) but most there don't and the coaches all push easy classes and easy majors. He is not close to a top runner on the team and is considering quitting to get rid of the you-arent-smart-enough for this place judgement from professors and other students that comes with being an athlete[/quote]

boo hoo - horrible he has to deal with being judged![/quote]
At least his future is secured since he went to an Ivy.  [/quote]

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