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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ignore it as a way in to college, or the way to pay for college. Please.[/quote]

no - don't listen to this OP. esp if you are asian or unhooked kid. My siblings were all a decade younger than me and we pushed them in soccer as a way to get a hook that otherwise wouldn't have nabbed them acceptance to 'top schools'. i.e. your typical 2100/2150, top 10% student that gets shut out of ivies or top slacs because they are non-urm and un-hooked.[/quote]

Yeah, it can help you get in, but you still have to have [b]great academic stats for those schools.[/b]  (A superstar can probably get into an Ivy with less-than-great academics but each team will probably have a few.)[/quote]

pp you are responding to - perhaps we have different criteria for what is 'great academic stats' but i don't consider 2100-2200 sat/top 10% student in middle class flyover public to be great academic stats. however that was above the median for the soccer teams my siblings played in at their ivies and slac.

there are tens of thousands of students nationwide with those stats. while the ivies use the academic index, it dips pretty low IMO for athletes. but then again it depends what you define as great or not.

great for me is 2250+/top 2-5% class ranked kid at a competitive HS. [/quote]

What was the median for your siblings' teams?  I'm guessing 2000-ish SAT?

[b]I do consider 2100+ (or 1400+ back in my day) to be great.  It's in the ballpark for most Ivies and SLAC without the athletics.  
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From what I understand, Ivies can dip really low (maybe 1800-ish) for a few studs, possibly even a little lower in hockey/basketball.  [/quote]

it isn't int he ballpark for Ivies these days for Asians or White girls without other hooks. [/quote]

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