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[quote=Anonymous]There's some confusion on here between "recruited" players on NESCAC (and similar schools) rosters and players that were not really recruited but are on these rosters. NESCAC lacrosse teams have both players who were "recruited" and those who were not. Those who were not "recruited" gained admission to the school through the regular process. That they played a sport like lacrosse wasn't a factor in their admission any more than having written for the school paper would have been.

We have had a lot of contact with both the coaching and Admissions staffs at NESCAC schools. Two of our sons were multi-sport athletes at an IAC school and during their senior years it seemed that every time the phone rang it was a coach from Williams, Amherst, or Bowdoin and the mail frequently contained letters from the coaches at these and other NESCAC schools along with Haverford. There was so much energy exerted by these coaches that we actually had the boys visit these schools on recruiting trips (on which travel is not paid for by the schools unlike D-I school recruiting trips)

It's easy to see how parents can get confused about what is "recruiting" in these schools.

The key thing to understand in this is that these schools have adopted the Ivy League "Academic Index" approach. The Academic Index profile of the incoming class of athletic "recruits" must mirror the Academic Index profile of the entire school.

The Academic Index uses test scores and class rank. The "normal distribution' of these index scores allows them to divide students into "bands" the mean average of the distribution of athletes must match the mean average of the rest of the student body.

In my mind athletic "recruits" are those that the Athletic Department "sponsors" during the Admissions process. The AD goes to the Admissions department with a prioritized list applicants across all sports. Not all sports are equal. Some sports are, like football, advantaged in this.

Getting letters or even phone calls is just window dressing. And it is unlikely the coaches are going to tell you where you are on their "list".

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