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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Know a couple ivy athletes. They are INCREDIBLY smart (like, 4.9 W GPA) and play at a high level. They also had A LOT of coach support and running interference for them

Keep in mind, however, while the ivies do give need based aid, they give NO athletic money. And little/no merit for "regular" umc families. I know a couple of kids who are deciding right now whether to turn down and ivy offer b/c they were given zero money. It's a hard decision. And we are in a similar boat of likely turning down a top school out of inability to pay full freight (no merit given) and no athletic money given.

It's a bitter pill but is a reality.[/quote]
This is true. I have seen students turn down Ivy offers when they get athletic scholarships elsewhere. Additionally, they can be turned down by students who aspire to play certain sports professionally, like opting to play football at Michigan or Penn State versus Dartmouth.[/quote]

Every now and then there is an Ivy kid that makes it to the pros for football/basketball/basebal (Bengals have a Princeton guy, Chiefs have a Penn WR), but it is rare for Dartmouth to be competing against Stanford (better example) or even Alabama for a 5 Star recruit that can play professionally.

Hockey is the one massive exception where a number of Ivy schools (Harvard, Dartmouth) are top-ranked NCAA teams and do produce NHL players.[/quote]

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