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[quote=Anonymous]My kid just recruited to high academic D3 (high school senior; popular team sport).  They had the academics, mid 1500 SATs, top 10% at very rigorous school/not known for grade inflation and great teacher recs.  When I looked at recruiting profiles of other kids in sport a ton of kids had higher GPAs… seemed like lots and lots of kids had super high GPAs (4.5s and higher) but they may have been at schools that graded very differently as  often these super high GPAs were accompanied by SATs/ACTs that — when mentioned — were not so high.  Coaches at these schools are not admissions officers and don’t know the high schools.  I think that is why - at least I felt - some coaches seemed to like to hear about SAT/AP scores because they might give them more of a sense if the kid is competitive in a way that might be harder to figure out with just GPA as they are going to be less familiar with the schools/course loads than admissions officers.  My sense is that Ivy League schools had more flexibility than the top D3 high academic schools.  Went to one Ivy camp and coach stated minimum SAT (seemed quite low to me for an Ivy).  I suspect many people assume academics are lower for athletes … and that may be the case for some but not for all.[/quote]

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