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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to reality.

SJC is a great school, and it is well worth visiting and learning about its various programs (Benile and Scholars). As noted, it's larger many of the others, which is a plus to some and a negative to others. They recruit heavily for key sports so unless your child is truly exceptional keep that in mind. That said, they have lots of other sports and activities to consider, as well. Talk to some of the parents who have kids there (we know many), and they'll give it a big thumbs up. We know families whose kids got into GP, Gonzaga, Visi and SR and opted for SJC, so treating it like a second-class citizen is misguided.

And no, I don't have a child there (opted to go to a smaller school) or work there...[/quote]

Does this mean if a kid isn't a stellar athlete, they're less likely to get in?  Or are you saying that if kid is interested in sports but is just an average player, they may be disappointed to be left off varsity teams because so many spots will go to athletic recruits?  Or do you mean that academics may be hindered because some kids are in the school just because of sports and may slow down other kids in the classroom?[/quote]

It means a couple of things:

(i) for most sports, if you are not recruited, you likely won't make the team...and if you were to be one of the very few to make the team...you probably won't ever play in a Varsity game.  Certain sports like crew, rugby and XCountry are minimal or no-cut sports; and

(ii) there are plenty of recruited athletes with less than stellar HPST scores...so, indirectly it does mean that it is harder for other non-athlete kids to get accepted.  No different than how you would think about elite college admissions, although the overall acceptance rate of SJC is much higher.

There are plenty of honors and AP classes (you do have to do well in honors and get recommended for AP...you can't just register) for people of different academic abilities to be with their peers.

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People overstate the number of "recruited" athletes at SJC. There are talented athletes. Most of them aren't "recruited." I don't really get your reasoning about HSPT scores. They are only one piece of the puzzle and not the most important one for admissions whether you are an athlete or not.[/quote]

What's overstated?  The entire baseball team in all years was essentially recruited...save for maybe 5 players total.  So, that's 75 kids right there.  I can't speak much for other sports, but I assume the coaches recruit many athletes in a similar fashion.

I don't understand how you are differentiating between a recruited athlete and a talented athlete.  Recruited is the coach actually attended their middle school travel team games, gave them a private tour of the school, invited the kid to watch Wednesday intersquads (again, this is baseball), etc.[/quote]

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