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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also every so often these slac schools use sports to increase their chances of gettting a top student.

My kids has 1580 SAT, 4.7 GPA, and will have 15 AP courses after senior year. Great leadership in a few different other areas besides the sport. Great service. Definitely a narrative. Ivy legacy.

But the kid wants to play the sport so it is looking like NESCAC or UAA league as not good enough to play at the Ivy.[/quote]

It’s rarer…understand the NESCAC and UAA coaches think the same as Ivy coaches.  They want to win games and will probably use their influence on the 1350 kid they really want and may tell your kid they have a roster spot if they are accepted on their own.

[b]It almost counts against you if you are too strong on your own.[/b][/quote]

This is not true. There are limits on the number of 'B' band and 'C' band athletes (2 per sport plus 14 more for football/lacrosse) which means that the majority of recruits are 'A' band which is 'stats above the class mean'. As a whole NESCAC athletes have higher average stats than the general class but people overlook that because of the bump given to a small number.[/quote]

Then schools should be willing to provide the hard data regarding their stats, correct? [/quote]

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