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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand that College forum.  Parents act like the Ivy acceptance rate is 0.00001% and that DC needs a Nobel Prize to be competitive.  In fact, the Harvard acceptance rate is 5% (1 in 20 is getting in).  Difficult, but hardly impossible.[/quote]

Well it's lower than 5% and it really is that tough.
Plenty of kids get 1600 on SATs with 4.0 GPAs and activities.

When I went to college in the mid 90's I was told colleges wanted well rounded kids and so that's who I was.
Zero chance my stats would get me into the top school I went to.

My child is a jr and while I don't know how it will turn out, I'd say being a recruited athlete helps.
I don't say that because he can get in with lower grades or scores. He just gets a more serious look from admissions than a regular applicant. A coach is there telling admissions they want this kid and if admissions has concerns, they are able to communicate those before he officially applies so he doesn't waste his ED.

If admissions doesn't have concerns, the coach is going to push a little to get the kid admitted.

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Ivy schools are D1 schools.  If your kid is an actual recruited athlete then it is a guaranteed admission.

Yes, you can absolutely get in with lower scores…grades are more important, but you can have below a 4.0.

It’s more than a serious look from admissions…they look at your scores and grades and tell you are in (or not)…they make offers after sophomore year of HS in a number of sports (all of the above differs by sport…football, basketball, baseball have lower stats than squash).

Again…this is a true recruiter athlete, not just someone the coach would “love to have on the team if you get accepted”.[/quote]

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