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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is his UTR/WTN/star rating at Tennis Recruiting? The TR website has excellent info on recent recruits at all types of colleges (D1-3).

Apart from the Ivies/Stanford/Duke, most of the other D1 schools are not very strong academically. At the same time, there are D3 schools that are top notch academically (e.g.MIT/Caltech/Chicago/Amherst/Williams/Swarthmore). You can check the stats of their 2023 recruits and judge for yourself where your son stands. Obviously, schools like MIT care a lot about the academic part and even the athletes have to meet their admission criteria (including very high scores)

Good luck! [/quote]

I know a 4-star (TR) tennis player who got into MIT with an SAT in the mid 1400s, and a 5-star who got into an Ivy with an SAT below 1400. These were relatively recent admits. Once you're earmarked by a coach, your stats matter a little less. You don't have to be a starter to attract a coach's attention. A team size of about 12 players is often considered ideal, so don't be intimidated if the top six players on the team are rated above you. As pointed out elsewhere in this thread, there are D3s like Caltech that are outstanding academically, but may not have the strongest tennis teams. Haverford, Grinnell, Macalester, and Carleton and maybe Wesleyan and Vassar are strong academically, but it's a little easier to get recruited onto their tennis teams. There are also some weaker D1s like Colgate, Holy Cross, and Davidson that might be worth considering.

This young man might not get into a top D1 school on his tennis alone (his academics are another story), but he's going to be spoiled for choice. [/quote]

You do not get into MIT with a SAT score in the 1400. Parent of a “recruited” MIT athlete [/quote]

The kid's SAT score was 1440, and they were accepted to MIT within the past seven years. I don't want to out the kid with too-specific information, but there were other boosters. And, yes, a kid with an SAT in the 1300s got into a "lesser Ivy," also within the past seven years. We know the families well. This link, from 10/22, has some information about lower limits of SAT scores at MIT: https://www.turito.com/blog/sat/mit-sat-score[/quote]

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