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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is in at Princeton and Penn. Waiting on ther others. He's profoundly gifted.   We assume he'll get in everywhere,  but may head to Swarthmore instead. [/quote]

Cough cough. BS. Cough cough. Penn is ED.

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Exactly - you are not allowed to apply SCEA to Princeton and ED to Penn.  [/quote]

One of them is a written statement from a coach that he's in. The other is formal letter. [/quote]

Good try but didn't cut the mustard.

If your kid is being recruited by one of the schools for a sport to the point that he's getting a written statement promising admissions, he is not seriously looking at Swarthmore. [/quote]

Why so angry?  I just answered the question for this chain.   Sorry if you don't like my son's options and choices. Go talk to him. He'll make the decision.   Not me. [/quote]

How can your son be pretty sure he’s going to Swarthmore when he couldn’t have applied ED as he applied to Penn ED?

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He didn't apply ED anywhere.

And he hasn't heard yet from Swarthmore.   Applied regular decision. [/quote]

So you know for sure he’s in at two Ivy schools even though he didn’t apply early to either? What an amazing coincidence.[/quote]

Ugh.  This is not some unique scenario.  He has one formal letter and one written statement from a coach.  Neither one requires ED.  He isn't breaking any rules.  He prefers Swarthmore at the moment because he likes the size and environment.  He won't hear though until March, although we are anticipating he will get in and have choices.  By the way, a friend of his who graduated last year had heard from either three or four top schools at this point last year. I'm not bragging, but was answering the question on this chain.[/quote]

Your discussion of how admissions offers for athletes work betrays your story as false.  DD was recruited this Fall by Penn, a highly ranked state flagship and two other selective division 1 schools.  She ended up choosing the state flagship bc she is v. dedicated to her sport and loved the coaches, team, etc. at the Flagship.

Here is the how it happens: After visiting, the Penn coach offered her a spot on the team and told her he ran her academic profile (GPA, ACT) by the admissions dept and that she would be admitted.  She could accept the offer with a verbal; once her application was submitted she would get a likely letter right away and a formal admissions decision in mid December with the rest of the pool.  However the timeline for accepting the coach's offer was late September, early October.  The coaches do NOT give out promises of admission and then sit back and wait to hear from the student in March. Further, you do not get the written likely letter until you apply, and for Penn once you apply ED you cant apply anywhere else. After she told Penn of her decision to go to the other school, another kid who plays the same position as her announced their commitment to Penn with a few weeks. Coaches move on fast or else they wont be able to field a competitive team.

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Agree with this. Once DC said he wasn’t going to apply ED at a school the coach moved on. To get a coaches push you need to be willing to commit early. [/quote]
+1

I had a child recruited by Ivy and top 20 (non Ivy).  Academic pre reads happened, then the coach continued discussion.  Only at the school that my child said they would apply ED to did a likely letter come.  That letter had very strong wording that this was not an offer of admission and that the ONLY offer for admissions could come from..............the Admissions Office.

Poster with Penn, Princeton and Swarthmore is either a troll or grossly mis understands the process.  Then again, maybe the mass mailings were mistaken for offers? lol My kid got them from every Ivy and all the others in the top 20.  Some of them were even worded like my kid was a shoe-in for admission. :roll: [/quote]

Ivy league likely letters only come after the student formally applies; see this: https://admission.princeton.edu/how-apply/joint-ivy-statement-admission-policies

I guess its possible these in-writing offers came since new year but poster seemed to imply early round with this wording "He has one formal letter and one written statement from a coach.  Neither one requires ED."

But [b]a coach's pre-read from the admin office is very likely tied to a verbal commitment from the student[/b] to join the team. Otherwise the coach has to identify someone else for the slot and its too late for that April 1.  [/quote]

+1. The coach that recruited my DC made it very clear that the expectation was ED if he was going to support the application.  Coaches have a limited number of apps they can support so they are only going to do it if they know the applicant will enroll.[/quote]

Could you imagine if Ivy coaches were holding pre-read slots for kids to may or may not accept the offer of admission or multiple pre-reads for kids to may or may not make the team? That means even fewer kids admitted from the general pool of applicants.  [/quote]

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